Levina Buoncuore Urbino or Lavinia Buoncuore Urbino (died 1888) was an American writer and translator who lived in the Boston, Massachusetts area in the 19th century.
[1][2] Among her published works was An American Woman in Europe (1869), 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.
Urbino, was a bookseller and publisher of foreign literature and language-instruction books.
[3][4] She served as an officer of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals[5] and supported the New England Hospital for Women and Children.