Vintage 1956 “Casanoviana: An Annotated World Bibliography of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt and of Works Concerning Him” Limited Edition Softcover Book (#480/500)

Up for sale is a Vintage 1956 “Casanoviana: An Annotated World Bibliography of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt and of Works Concerning Him” Limited Edition Softcover Book (#480/500)! It measures 9 1/2” by 6 3/4” around the outside cover and contains 396 pages. The piece is in excellent overall condition with minor signs of wear consistent with its age and use (contains all pages; some scattered light surface wear to outside cover). Please message us if you have any questions. Thanks!

Meticulously compiled by the distinguished American diplomat and prominent literary scholar J. Rives Childs, this exceptionally scarce 1956 first edition reference masterpiece titled “Casanoviana: An Annotated World Bibliography of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt and of Works Concerning Him” stands as the definitive high-water mark for 18th century European biographical research. Privately printed exclusively for the Casanova Society of Virginia, the physical fabrication of this scholarly compendium was handled in Vienna, Austria, by the renowned antiquarian publisher Christian M. Nebehay, with the final text filmset and struck directly at the historic press of Ferdinand Berger in Horn, Austria. This particular copy is an elite, highly collectible variant bound in the publisher's original printed paper wrappers (softcover) rather than the standard institutional library cloth, designating it as a pristine survivor of a strictly capped, hand-numbered print run of only 500 total copies worldwide, bearing the official stamped assignment No. 00480. Spanning 396 comprehensive pages, the text functions as an exhaustive, masterfully annotated cartography of Casanova’s primary memoirs, forgotten manuscript variations, lost personal correspondences, and the myriad of cross-continental creative works he directly inspired. Complete with its original introductory "Announcement" leaves dated May 15, 1956 from the author's private estate at the Chateau des Baumettes in Nice, France, this incredibly bright, crisp copy represents an exceedingly rare acquisition opportunity for serious bibliographic institutions, dedicated Casanovists, and advanced collectors of rare mid-century printing histories.

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