Search Results: memoires de jacques casanova by de seingalt

Club du livre du mois, 1957. Hardcover. Livre en français. Couverture rigide. Accompagnés de Réflexions sur Casanova par Roger Vailland. Rayon des connaisseurs. Reliure de l'éditeur. 649 pages. 16 x 20 cm. (ref. 29147)

Ernest Flammarion, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 525 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with gilt lettering. Volume 2. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning.

Ernest Flammarion, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 508 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with gilt lettering. Text is in French. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning.

Paris: Paulin, Libraire-Editeur, 1835. Early edition. Very Good. Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (1725 â€" 1798) was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice His autobiography, Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century As was not uncommon at the time, Casanova, depending on circumstances, used more or less fictitious names, such as baron or count of Farussi (the maiden name of his mother) or Chevalier de Seingalt He often signed his works as 'Jacques Casanova de Seingalt' after he began writing in French following his second exile from Venice He has become so famous for his often complicated and elaborate affairs with women that his name is now synonymous with "womanizer" He associated with European royalty, popes, and cardinals, along with the artistic figures Voltaire, Goethe, and Mozart He spent his last years in the Dux Chateau (Bohemia) as a librarian in Count… Read More

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Cercle du bibliophile, 1970. Hardcover. Livre en français. Couverture rigide. Chronologie et notices de Gilbert Sigaux. Notices historiques et biographiques de Jean Savant. 12 volumes d'environ 400 pages. Reliures de l'éditeur. Dos passés aux tomes 2 et 3. (ref. 143324)

Bruxelles: J Rozez, 1871. Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. The intriguing memoirs of Italian adventurer and author Giacomo Girolamo Casanova, the original French edition complete in eight volumes. The intriguing memoirs of Italian adventurer and author Giacomo Girolamo Casanova. No collation available, though appears complete in six volumes. In original French. Casanova's autobiography is considered one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th Century. He signed his works as Jacques Casanova De Seingalt upon his exile from Venice and when he began writing in French. His fame lies mostly in his complicated and elaborate affairs with women and his name has become synonymous with 'womanizer'. He associated with many distinguished figures such as royalty, popes, cardinals as well as Voltaire, Goethe and Mozart. Casanova wrote his memoirs during the last years of his life as a result of his isolation and boredom due to his exile. He… Read More

Bruxelles: J. Rozez, 1863. Fine. J. Rozez, Bruxelles 1863, In-12 (12x18,7cm), 6 volumes reliés. - Nouvelle édition illustrée de la rare suite érotique anonyme de 48 gravures qu'on trouve dans quelques exemplaires. 8 gravures par volume. Reliure en demi veau glacé marine d'époque. Dos à nerfs élégamment orné. Auteur, titre, tomaison et date dorés. Tête dorée. Quelques traces de frottement sur le nerfs. Des bordures un peu frottées. Quelques coins frottés. Coin droit bas du tome 1 ayant reçu un choc. Papier vélin fin parfaitement frais (quelques rousseurs sur la première gravure du tome V). Exemplaire non rogné. Cette édition a été faite sur l'édition Paulin de 1842. Carteret (Le trésor du bibliophile) : ""Il existe une suite de 48 gravures au trait, non signées, que l'on ajoute à cette édition..."" [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]