Jacques Casanova [Giacomo Girolamo Casanova]; Arthur Machen [trans.]
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova
London, Privately Printed, 1894 . Hardback. Eleven volumes only of this limited edition set of the memoires of the eighteenth century Italian adventurer and author, Casanova. Eleven volumes only of a twelve volume work. Lacking volume V.This edition was limited to 1000 numbered copies, with this set being unnumbered and out of series.'Histoire de ma Vie' was the memoir and autobiography of 18th-century Italian adventure Giacomo Casanova.This edition is translated into English from the original French by Arthur Machen. Machen, however, used an inaccurate censored edition for his translation, and thus this bowdlerized verso remained the standard English edition for many years.The memoir covers Casanova's life only until the year 1774, although he lived for another twenty years. In the publisher's original paper vellum binding. Bumping to back strip heads and tails. Back strips age toned, with handling marks to boards. Significant handling marks to front board of volume VII. Tide marks to front board of volume VIII. Head of front joint of volume I starting, with board firmly held. Head of volume VI, VIII joints starting, with boards firmly held. Tail of volume X joints starting, with boards firmly held. Front hinge of volume II, VII strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Title page of volume II, IV, X, XI unopened to head. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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