A Beautiful Set
Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.
Complete in twelve volumes as translated into English by Arthur Machen with an introduction by Arthur Symons a new preface by the translator and twelve drawings by Rockwell Kent. London: Aventuros , 1925.
One of 1,000 copies sold to subscribers only, this set being number 7. With original pictorial endpapers taken from a fifteenth century woodcut map of Venice. Twelve large octavo volumes (9 1/2 x 6 3/4; 239 x 170 mm). With twelve drawings by Rockwell Kent. And with the publisher's prospectus laid in.Publisher’s three-quarter burgundy levant morocco over red buckram boards. Decoratively gilt-stamped spines. Some light rubbing to spines. Previous owner's bookplates on front pastedown of each volume. Still, an excellent set.
HBS # 65837 $1,750
