Collodi, Carlo. Le avventure di Pinocchio…..1883.

Jan 30, 2018 | Videos

Presented by Ben Houston of Peter Harrington Rare Books. First edition in book form of this exceedingly scarce book, with six copies in original cloth traced at auction in addition to this copy, and 15 copies located institutionally worldwide on OCLC. “One of the best known fantasies, and the most popular children’s book to come out of Italy.”

See the item here: http://www.peterharrington.co.uk/le-avventure-di-pinocchio.html (Item sold)

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