Casanova : a biography based on new documents / J. Rives Childs

Childs, J. Rives (James Rives) (1893-1987)

Verlag: London : George Allen & Unwin, 1961

Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 323 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-304) and index. Contents; Early years -- Rome, Ancona, Corfu and Constantinople -- He finds a patron and goes to Paris -- Adventures with nuns; his imprisonment -- Lottery and black magic -- Mlle X.C.V. and secret machinations -- Cologne, Stuttgart and Switzerland -- Mlle Roman, Avignon, Marseilles, Nice, Genoa, Florence and Rome -- Naples, Portuguese mission, Geneva, Turin -- The Marquise's regeneration and death -- England -- Germany, Russia and Poland -- Dresden, Vienna, Spa and Spain -- Wanderings which bring him to Trieste -- Casanova as gambler -- Return from exile -- Further wanderings and final haven. Subjects; Casanova, Giacomo 1725-1798. Casanova de Seingalt, Giovanni Jacomo. Casanova. 1 Kg. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 407954

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Casanova : a biography based on new ...
Verlag: London : George Allen & Unwin
Erscheinungsdatum: 1961
Einband: Hardcover
Auflage: First Edition.