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Casanova de Seingalt, Giacomo Girolamo
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description
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[Mémoires] Aus den Memoiren des Venetianers Jacob Casanova de Seingalt, oder sein Leben ... Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1822 (i.e. 1821) - 1828
12 volumes, 8vo (6 1/8 x 4 in.; 155 x 102 mm). Errata at end of vols. 4,5; titles and last leaves spotted, lacking half-titles and blank leaves, last page of vol. 2 soiled, otherwise very clean. Contemporary dark green straight-grain half morocco over green patterned boards, gold-stamped title within cartouche on spines; spines sun-faded, some edges and corners torn, a few scuff-marks and rubs.
12 volumes, 8vo (6 1/8 x 4 in.; 155 x 102 mm). Errata at end of vols. 4,5; titles and last leaves spotted, lacking half-titles and blank leaves, last page of vol. 2 soiled, otherwise very clean. Contemporary dark green straight-grain half morocco over green patterned boards, gold-stamped title within cartouche on spines; spines sun-faded, some edges and corners torn, a few scuff-marks and rubs.
Provenance
Eduard Beyer, Vienna (bookseller's oval ticket on final pastedown of first volume) — Thea & Karl Sternheim (bookplate)
Literature
Childs B.I.2; Pollio, pp. 205-206
Condition
Errata at end of vols. 4,5; titles and last leaves spotted, lacking half-titles and blank leaves, last page of vol. 2 soiled, otherwise very clean. Contemporary dark-green straight-grain half-morocco over green patterned boards, gold-stamped title within cartouche on spines; spines sun-faded, some edges and corners torn, a few scuff-marks and rubs.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition of the "complete" text, based on the manuscript which the publisher Brockhaus had bought, preceded only by extracts in his periodical Urania. The first five volumes of this edition were translated and edited by Wilhelm von Schütz, and the first four also contain his valuable prefaces. "The expurgation of the text by Schütz went considerably further than that by his successor, although both translators omitted text which Laforgue retained. On the other hand, some of the text which Laforgue omitted has been preserved in the German translation and the edition is very valuable on that account" (Childs).