Lot 1570
(Casanova), Histoire de ma fuite
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Auction schedule:
15th Nov. 2017 session starting 12:00 p.m.
Casanova de Seingalt, G. Histoire de ma fuite des prisons de la Republique de Venise, qu'on appelle les plombs. Ecrite a Dux en Boheme l'année 1787. Leipzig (= Prag), Schönfeld, 1788. (18:11 cm). Mit gest. Front. u. 1 Kupfertafel von J. Berka. 270 S. Restaurierter Pp. d. Zt. unter Verwendung des alten Materials u. Or.-Rückenschild, etwas berieben bzw. fleckig.
First edition. With engr. front. and engr. plate. - Slightly browned; old note to engr. front. verso; tear to white leaf in the end. Restored contemporary board using old material, somewhat rubbed and stained.
Rives Childs, S. 83 f.; Pollio 126 ff.; Hayn-G. I, 560. - Erste Ausgabe. Schildert Casanovas berühmte Flucht aus den berüchtigten Bleikammern von Venedig. "Of all C.'s works, apart from the 'Memoirs', the 'Histoire de ma fuite' is by far the best known, as evidenced by the half hundred editions through which it has passed. It was printed at Prague and not at Leipzig. In the summer and autumn of 1787 C. was in Prague overlooking the printing of it, as it was his custom with all his published works" (R. C.) - Leicht gebräunt; Front. verso mit hs. Nummerierung, hint. flieg. Vorsatzbl. unten eingerissen; sonst sauberes Exemplar.
