BOOKS by Giacomo Casanova

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1	History of my life more books like this by Giacomo Casanova add to wishlist "Now at last we can enjoy the wonderful 'History of My Life'...as if we were reading an entirely new book...Few more extraordinary men have ever lived; an no memoirist gives us a more vivid impression of the social background of his period."--Peter Quennell The last two volumes of Casanova's account of his extraordinary life include the story of ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
2	History of My Life, Volume 9 and 10 more books like this by Giacomo Casanova, Willard R Trask (Translator) add to wishlist "All that a life of this kind can contain Casanova put into his story. And how much of the world!--the eighteenth century as you get it in no other book; society from top to bottom; Europe from England to Russia, a more brilliant variety of characters than you can find in any eighteenth-century novel."--Edmund Wilson Volumes 9 and 10 contain ... see all copies from $3.93! new only from $3.93! \| SVS
3	Of Mistresses, Tigresses and Other Conquests more books like this by Giacomo Casanova, Mr. Stephen Sartarelli (Translator), Sophie Hawkes (Translator) add to wishlist Love can be surprising. Love can be heartbreaking. Love can be an art. But love is the singular emotion that all humans rely on most . . . and crave endlessly, no matter what the cost. United by this theme of love, the nine titles in the Penguin Great Loves collection include tales of blissful and all-encompassing, doomed and tragic, erotic and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.83!
4	History of My Life, Volume 3 and 4 more books like this by Giacomo Casanova, Willard R Trask (Translator) add to wishlist "Trask has written a version in an English fully contemporary yet remarkably Italian in sensibility. With admirable restraint and refinement, he has conveyed the zest and sensuous delight of the original."--'National Book Award Citation' Volumes 3 and 4 offer some of the most extraordinary episodes in Casanova's extraordinary life, including his ... see all copies from $15.62! new only from $20.86! \| SVS
5	The Story of My Life more books like this by Giacomo Casanova, Mr. Stephen Sartarelli (Translator), Sophie Hawkes (Translator) add to wishlist First published in 1797, a year before his death, Casanova's memoirs stretched to 3000 pages and came to be considered the ultimate expression of libertinism. They are scurrilous in their exposure of the mechanisms of seduction but are at the same time a scintillating portrait of of an epoch. This book presents, in a usable single volume, the most ... see all copies from $17.19! new only from $29.01!
6	The Duel more books like this by Giacomo Casanova, Tim Parks (Foreword by), J G Nichols (Translator) add to wishlist One of the few works written in Casanova's native Italian, The Duel is an important example of the infamous lothario's vivid prose and inimitable style. Having escaped from the infamous Piombi Prison in Venice, Casanova became an exile, travelling through Western Europe and being given shelter on account of his fame. The story recounts the duel he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| SVS
7	The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova more books like this by Giovanni Giacomo Casanova, Madeleine Boyd (Editor) add to wishlist 1929. Introduction by Ernest Boyd. The memoirs of Giacomo Casanova, who liked to be known as Jacques Casanova de Seingalt. Soldier, spy, diplomat, writer, adventurer, he is chiefly remembered from his autobiography, which has established his reputation as the most famous erotic hero. Casanova's memoirs are an unreliable account of his adventures ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
8	The Many Loves of Casanova: Uncensored Personal Memoirs of Jacques Casanova by Giacomo Casanova, Bill Edwards (Illustrator), Monte Rogers (Illustrator) add to wishlist The original translation of Casanova's exploits, once published in a two-volume case edition, is now released by Holloway House Publishing as The Many Loves of Casanova - in a single trade edition size that is bound to charm readers with the adventures of the original 'man who so loved women.' Once limited to few eyes due to a restricted private ... see all copies from $4.54! new only from $10.43! \| first editions
9	Memoirs of Casanova, V1 more books like this by Giacomo Casanova add to wishlist see all copies from $4.95! SVS
10	The Life and Memoirs of Casanova more books like this by Arthur Machen (Photographer), George Dunning Gribble (Photographer), Giacomo Casanova add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
11	Histoire de Ma Vie more books like this by J. Casanova, Michel Gardair, Giacomo Casanova add to wishlist see all copies from $3.55! new only from $34.98!
12	The Escapes of Casanova and Latude from Prison more books like this by Giacomo Casanova, Henri Latude, P Villars (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $20.68! new only from $20.68! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Casanova's Book of Numbers and the Daily Horoscope more books like this by Jerzy Laskowski (Translator), Giacomo Casanova add to wishlist see all copies from $7.98! SVS
14 view cover	Under the Leads by Giacomo Casanova add to wishlist The Leads, used for the confinement of state prisoners, are in fact the lofts of the ducal palace, and take their name from the large plates of lead with which the roof is covered. One can only reach them through the gates of the palace, the prison buildings, or by the bridge of which I have spoken called the Bridge of Sighs. see all copies from $13.18! new only from $13.18! \| SVS
15	Casanova: Histoire De Ma Vie, Tome 3 by Giacomo; Lacassin Casanova, Francis add to wishlist see all copies from $11.20! new only from $11.20!
16 view cover	With Voltaire more books like this by Giacomo Casanova add to wishlist M. de Voltaire said that if I liked to play it at his house he would write to M. de Chavigni to send the Lindane, and that he himself would play Montrose. I excused myself by saying that Madame was at Bale and that I should be obliged to go on my journey the next day. At this he exclaimed loudly, aroused the whole company against me, and said at ... see all copies from $13.13! new only from $13.13! \| SVS
17 view cover	Old Age and Death more books like this by Giacomo Casanova add to wishlist Intimately connected with Casanova's life at this period was a girl named Francesca Buschini. This name does not appear in any of the literary, artistic or theatrical records of the period, and, of the girl, nothing is known other than that which she herself tells us in her letters to Casanova. From these very human letters, however, we may obtain ... see all copies from $9.66! new only from $9.66! \| SVS
18 view cover	Return to Venice more books like this by Giacomo Casanova, Giovanni Giacomo Casanova add to wishlist He left us, and I remained alone with Christine. I spent an hour with her without trying to give her even a kiss, although I was dying to do so, but I prepared her heart to burn with the same desires which were already burning in me by those words which so easily inflame the imagination of a young girl. see all copies from $13.74! new only from $13.74! \| SVS
19 view cover	To Paris and Prison: The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt more books like this by Giacomo Casanova add to wishlist The Memoirs of Casanova, though they have enjoyed the popularity of a bad reputation, have never had justice done to them by serious students of literature, of life, and of history. Havelock Ellis wrote that "there are few more delightful books in the world" but his essay stands alone as an attempt to take Casanova seriously, to show him in his ... see all copies from $15.59! new only from $15.59! \| SVS
20 view cover	Spanish Passions: The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt more books like this by Giacomo Casanova add to wishlist The Memoirs of Casanova, though they have enjoyed the popularity of a bad reputation, have never had justice done to them by serious students of literature, of life, and of history. Havelock Ellis wrote that "there are few more delightful books in the world" but his essay stands alone as an attempt to take Casanova seriously, to show him in his ... see all copies from $15.59! new only from $15.59! \| SVS
21 view cover	Nights of Love more books like this by Giacomo Casanova add to wishlist see all copies from $12.98! new only from $14.76! \| SVS
22 view cover	Russia and Poland more books like this by Giacomo Casanova, Giovanni Giacomo Casanova add to wishlist The empress, who was a woman of moderate height and yet of a majestic appearance, thoroughly understood the art of making herself loved. She was not beautiful, but yet she was sure of pleasing by her geniality and her wit, and also by that exquisite tact which made one forget the awfulness of the sovereign in the gentleness of the woman. A few ... see all copies from $14.51! new only from $14.51! \| SVS
23 view cover	Venetian Years: The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt more books like this by Giacomo Casanova add to wishlist The Memoirs of Casanova, though they have enjoyed the popularity of a bad reputation, have never had justice done to them by serious students of literature, of life, and of history. Havelock Ellis wrote that "there are few more delightful books in the world" but his essay stands alone as an attempt to take Casanova seriously, to show him in his ... see all copies from $16.31! new only from $16.31! \| SVS
24 view cover	In London and Moscow: The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt more books like this by Giacomo Casanova add to wishlist The Memoirs of Casanova, though they have enjoyed the popularity of a bad reputation, have never had justice done to them by serious students of literature, of life, and of history. Havelock Ellis wrote that "there are few more delightful books in the world" but his essay stands alone as an attempt to take Casanova seriously, to show him in his ... see all copies from $15.59! new only from $15.59! \| SVS
25 view cover	Adventures in the South: The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt more books like this by Giacomo Casanova add to wishlist The Memoirs of Casanova, though they have enjoyed the popularity of a bad reputation, have never had justice done to them by serious students of literature, of life, and of history. Havelock Ellis wrote that "there are few more delightful books in the world" but his essay stands alone as an attempt to take Casanova seriously, to show him in his ... see all copies from $15.59! new only from $15.59! \| SVS

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