Page 25 - La Gatta racconta la storia della sia fiaba - PussTells 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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