GOUDAR (Ange) ; CASANOVA DE SEINGALT (Giovanni Giacomo). L'E - Lot 85

GOUDAR (Ange) ; CASANOVA DE SEINGALT (Giovanni Giacomo). L'Espion chinois, ou l'Envoyé secret de la Cour de Pékin, pour examiner l'état présent de l'Europe. Translated from the Chinese. A Cologne, 1774. 6 vol. in-12, VIII-297-(23) p. + (4)-309-(23) p. + (4)-331-(27) p. + (4)-351-(23) p. + (4)-309-(19) p. + (4)-207-(14) p., contemporary marbled calf, smooth ornate spine, red morocco title-piece, red edges (ex. of tired work, flaws including scratched or torn headpieces with lack of skin, rubbed spine, cuts and corners; ). "Although this work is written almost exclusively by Goudar, one of Casanova's adventurer friends, we know from two testimonies that Casanova himself contributed a number of letters [ ] which are among his earliest works" (Rives-Child, 6). Provenance: J.J. Chirol, lawyer (old typographed bookplate). (Mars, 77; Sgard, 387).