BANDELLO, Matteo -- dal "Dizionario di letteratura erotica" (Wedeck)

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BANDELLO, Matteo.
---- Italian writer who flourished during the Renaissance.
Author of the erotic tale, "The Duchess of Malfy", on which the Elizabethan drama of that name, via Painter's "The Palace of Pleasure", was based.
The English play is the work of John Webster.