![[LORENZINI, Carlo (1826-1890)]. The Story of a Puppet, or The Adventures of Pinocchio by C. Collodi [The Children's Library], translated from the Italian by M.A. Murray. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. 8° (159 x 94mm). Half-title, frontispiece after G. Mazzanti, title in red and black, illustrations after Mazzanti throughout. (Some dust-soiling, small ink spot on B1.) Original white cloth with all-over floral design in blue repeated on page edges (creasemark along full length of spine, covers slightly soiled and dented, corners rubbed, spine block twisted). Provenance: 'With aunt Bessie's love to Fritzie' (inscription on front blank).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CSK/2011_CSK_06332_0156_000(lorenzini_carlo_the_story_of_a_puppet_or_the_adventures_of_pinocchio_b013848).jpg?w=1)
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[LORENZINI, Carlo (1826-1890)]. The Story of a Puppet, or The Adventures of Pinocchio by C. Collodi [The Children's Library], translated from the Italian by M.A. Murray. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. 8° (159 x 94mm). Half-title, frontispiece after G. Mazzanti, title in red and black, illustrations after Mazzanti throughout. (Some dust-soiling, small ink spot on B1.) Original white cloth with all-over floral design in blue repeated on page edges (creasemark along full length of spine, covers slightly soiled and dented, corners rubbed, spine block twisted). Provenance: 'With aunt Bessie's love to Fritzie' (inscription on front blank).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Italy's most famous contribution to children's literature was first serialised in a children's newspaper, Giornale per i bambini, Rome, 1881-83. Begining as La storia di un burratino, the title later changed to Le Avventure di Pinochio. The author, a journalist and educationalist, took the name Collodi from his mother's native village in Tuscany. Osborne II, p. 1007; cf. Early Children's Books, 213.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Italy's most famous contribution to children's literature was first serialised in a children's newspaper, Giornale per i bambini, Rome, 1881-83. Begining as La storia di un burratino, the title later changed to Le Avventure di Pinochio. The author, a journalist and educationalist, took the name Collodi from his mother's native village in Tuscany. Osborne II, p. 1007; cf. Early Children's Books, 213.