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

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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