GIACOMO CASANOVA - History Of My Life : Volumes 1 & 2

Description: Giacomo Casanova - History Of My Life : Volumes 1 & 2. First Edition (1966, Vintage hardcover book with original slipcase). Original French manuscripts translated to English by Willard R. Trask with introduction by Trask and contains 32 illustrations. Rare! Highly collectible!! Previously owned. Condition is "VERY GOOD" with minor shelf wear/aging to covers and slipcase. A few scuff marks on slipcase. Overall in excellent condition, complete with crisp pages, no writings or markings. Collectible antique book. See pictures for condition. Shipped with USPS Media Mail. Award-winning translation of the complete memoirs of Casanova. In volumes 1 and 2, Casanova tells the story of his family, his first loves, and his early travels. With the death of his grandmother, he is sent to a seminarybut is soon expelled. He is briefly imprisoned in the fortress of Sant' Andrea. After wandering from Naples to Rome in search of a patron, he enters the service of Cardinal Acquaviva. Because every previous edition of Casanova'sMemoirshad been abridged to suppress the author's political and religious views and tame his vivid, often racy, style, the literary world considered it a major event when Willard R. Trask's translation of the complete original text was published in six double volumes between 1966 and 1971.

Price: 55 USD

Location: San Antonio, Texas

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