C. Collodi - Le avventure di Pinocchio - 1924-1924

LOT TITLE: Carlo Collodi - Le Avventure di Pinocchio - First Cavalieri illustrated edition - With autograph authorization signature - R. Bemporad - 1924 TITLE ENGLISH Carlo Collodi - Le Avventure di Pinocchio - First Cavalieri illustrated edition - With original Bemporad authorization signature - 1924 DESCRIPTION / DESCRIPTION: C. Collodi - Le Avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino illustrated by Luigi and M. Augusta Cavalieri. Firenze: Adriano Salani Editore, 1924. Edition of great collectible interest: first edition with the famous illustrations by the Cavalieri brothers, considered one of the most delicate interpretations of the puppet of the 1920s. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE POINTS: - First Cavalieri tirage (1924), with wording on the frontispiece "Illustrata da Luigi e M. Augusta Cavalieri" - On the verso of the frontispiece: "Edizione autorizzata dalla Società Anonima R. BEMPORAD & Figlio FIRENZE" with ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN SIGNATURE in ink of the publisher (Enrico Bemporad) crossing the wording. Present only in the first authorized issues 1923-1924, not in later reprints. - "Proprietà artistica dell'Editore Adriano Salani. Copyright by Adriano Salani 1924. 1924 Stabilimento Tipografico dell'Editore Adriano Salani." PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: - Original red cloth binding with gold impressions on the front and back boards (Pinocchio, Fox, Crab) - pp. [4], 258, [2], with photographic portrait of Collodi - 8 color plates out of text by L. and M.A. Cavalieri + numerous black-and-white illustrations in the text - Illustrated endpapers with floral motifs and characters - Complete index of 36 chapters, ending with vignette "Fine" CONDITION / CONDITION REPORT: Good. Cover with edge wear and spine wear (head and tail with small fabric losses, gold of the spine partially faded), boards solid

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