Cover: QUELQUES MÉMOIRES | DE | CASANOVA | Aquarelles originales de Rojankowski (pasted) | {fleuron} | PARIS | — | Javal et Bourdeaux | 1932 ||
Title: QUELQUES | MÉMOIRES | de | CASANOVA | DE SEINGALT | ÉCRITS PAR LUI-MÊME | — | {fleuron} | PARIS | — | Javal et Bourdeaux | 44 bis, Rue de Villejust ||
Pagination: ffl [4] – t.p. / blank, h.t. with pasted crayon illustr. / Exemplaire № 660, [1] 2-307 [308 blank] bfl, 10 original watercolours (with glassine paper guards) by Feodor Rojankovsky, extraneous to collation.
Binding: Softcover, publisher’s grey wrappers with black and red lettering to front cover and spine; in grey canvas over cardboard folder with purple cloth gilt-lettered spine; grey canvas over cardboard slipcase.
Catalogue Raisonné: Not in J.-P. Dutel (his catalogue contains only clandestine editions).
Comment by J.-P. Dutel: In this copy of the edition, 20 illustrations by Auguste Leroux were cancelled and replaced with 10 original watercolours by Feodor Rojankovsky. Only one such copy exists.
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Country | France |
| Period | Mid-20th Century |
| Language | French |
| Subject | Adventures , Autobiography , Biography , Casanova, Giacomo Girolamo (Italian, 1725 – 1798) , Erotica , French literature , History , Illustrated books , Literature , Love , Sex |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Watercolour , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1932 |
| Binding | Original , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Edition | Unique edition |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel |
| Acquisition year | 2021 |