Levina Buoncuore Urbino


Levina Buoncuore Urbino or Lavinia Buoncuore Urbino was a writer and translator in the Boston, Massachusetts area in the 19th century. Among her published works was An American Woman in Europe, a frank account of her travels in Europe 1866-1869; she also wrote children's books and a guide to art technique. She sometimes wrote under a pseudonym: L. Boncoeur, L. B. Cuore, or L. Buoncuore.
Her husband, S.R. Urbino, was a bookseller and publisher of foreign literature and language-instruction books. She served as an officer of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and supported the New England Hospital for Women and Children.

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