Page 25 - La Gatta racconta la sua storia - Puss Tells the History of Her Fairy Tale
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hen I was just eighty years
old, between 1634 and 1636,
a new and very beautiful
book was issued in Naples.
This was the first fairy
tale collection ever to be
published, and it soon became a best-seller all
over Europe; Lo cunto de li cunti overo lo
trattenemiento de peccerille (The Tale of Tales, or
Entertainment for Little Ones), also known as Il
Pentamerone.
His Author, Giambattista Basile, is less famous
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