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Art Credits

Grateful acknowledgment is given to the following sources for the art used throughout this book: page iii, Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY; page xiv, Art Resource, NY; page
18
, ©Harlingue-Viollet; page
47
, ©Harlingue-Viollet; page
52
, Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY; page
75
, ©Harlingue-Viollet; page
78
, ©Collection Viollet; page
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, ©Collection Viollet; page
94,
Portrait of a Lady (Veronica Franco[?])
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61.5
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47.2
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, The Birchard Collection; page
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, Giraudon/Art Resource, NY; page
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,
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,
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x
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Griffin, Susan.

The book of the courtesans: a catalogue of their virtues/Susan Griffin.—
1
st ed.

p.  cm.

1
. Courtesans—History.  
2
. Courtesans—Biography.  

3
. Mistresses—History.  
4
. Mistresses—Biography.  I.
 Title.

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