Mémoires de J. Casanova de Seingalt /
Giacomo Casanova (1725 - 1798)
Category
Books
Date
1924 - 1935
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3211485
Summary
Bibliographic description
12 v., plates : ill., ports., facsims. ; 26cm (4to). Imperfect: vols. 5-10 & 12 only. Brief initial text marking in v.5. Loosely inserted (v.5, p.15): postcard of S. Lorenzo bust, Florence, attributed to Donatello; addressed to Sir Harold Nicolson at Albany from "two old young friends", 'Ricardino' and 'Colin', with separate messages; postmark dated: 6.VII.1959; (v.6, p.197): leaf of pencil manuscript in hand of Harold Nicolson, one page of letter or larger whole, commencing "I think your[?] Casanova is revolting - I hate pornography even when it is frank pornography ..." Binding: publisher's paper covers. (Poor condition. Spines damaged; covers, leaves loose.)
Makers and roles
Giacomo Casanova (1725 - 1798) Raoul Vèze (b.1864)