The Memoirs.
Written by himself now for the first time completely translated into English by Arthur Machen.
Privately printed for subscribers, [c.1920] Stock Code: 122490
Handsome limited edition
Limited edition, one of 500 sets, printed on Louvain laid paper. The text consists of Arthur Machen's translation, first published in 1894, to which has been added the chapters discovered by Arthur Symons, alongside a supplement and a bibliography. Casanova's memoirs were not published in their full form until 1960.Description
6 volumes, octavo (213 x 145 mm). Mid-20th-century dark blue crushed half morocco, decorative gilt spines, blue cloth sides in imitation of watered silk, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers.
Condition
Light rubbing to tips. A very attractively bound set.
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