THE MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA DE SEINGALT, 1725-1798: Now fully annotated for the first time in English. The Memoirs and Notes translated by Arthur Machen & introduced by Havelock Ellis

Edinburgh: Printed by R.&R. Clark for the Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1940. Hardcover. Very good. This is copy number 632 of 1,500. Probably best-known for his reputation as a womanizer, Casanova was in turn a secretary, a soldier in the Venetian army, a preacher, an alchemist, a gambler, a violinist, a lottery director, and a spy. He translated Homer's Iliad into Italian and collaborated with Da Ponte on the libretto for Mozart's Don Giovanni. Designed by Francis Meynell. Quarto, eight volumes. Set in monotype Pastonchi and printed on Spalding & Hodge special paper. Original patterned paper-covered boards over red buckram spines with gilt titles. Light toning with along the extremities of the boards, with a bit of edgewear to the publisher's slipcases; else very good or better. Quarto-Millenary 116. (Inventory #: 77791)