Casanova's Women (52 page)

1823: 23 June: death of Sophia Williams in London.

1826-1838: first French edition of
Histoire de Ma Vie
, edited and much revised.

1960-1962: first edition of the original text of
Histoire de Ma Vie
is published.

Casanova's twelve-volume
Histoire de Ma Vie
has appeared in countless editions. All quotations from it in this book are taken from the original French text, published in 1993 by Robert Laffont/Bouquins in a three-volume paperback edition, edited by Francis Lacassin. For simplicity, references in the endnotes refer to HDMV, followed by the Bouquins volume number (I, II, or III) followed by the page number in that volume.

1
Anon.,
Onania – or the Heinous Sin of Self-Pollution, and all its frightful consequences in both sexes, considered. With spiritual and physical advice, etc
. London, 1737, p.137

2
HDMV, Bouquins III, p.672

3
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.346

4
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.847

5
Abbé Taruffi, cited in J. Rives Childs,
Casanova – A Biography Based on New Documents
, George Allen and Unwin, London 1961, p.220

6
Giacomo Casanova, cited in Arthur Symons,
Casanova at Dux
, An Unpublished Chapter of History

1
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.171

2
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.23

3
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.20

4
Helmut Watzlawick, ‘Les Vrais Débuts d'une Actrice, Naissance et Baptême de Zanetta Casanova',
Intermédiare des Casanovistes
, 2003, p.51, note 3

5
Maurice Andrieux,
Daily Life in Venice at the Time of Casanova
, George Allen and Unwin, London, 1972, p. 183

6
Antonio Valeri, ‘Casanoviana',
Fanfulla della Domenica
, 25 June 1899

7
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.25

8
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.29

9
Carlo Goldoni,
Mémoires
, Duchesnes, Paris, 1787, Vol I, p.273

10
Goldoni, op.cit., Vol I, p.275

11
Goldoni, op.cit., Vol I, Ch XXXV, p.277

12
Goldoni, op.cit., Vol I, Ch XXXV, p.277

13
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.51

14
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.638

15
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.101

16
The queen: Elizabeth Maria Josepha (1669-1757), wife of Augustus III and Queen of Poland

17
HDMV, Bouquins I, pp.100-101

18
Beitrage zur Histoire und Aufnahme des Theaters
, Stuttgart 1750, I, p.278, – quoted HDMV, Bouquins I, p.969

19
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.712

1
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.783

2
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.28

3
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.32

4
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.33

5
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.33

6
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.35

7
Anon, cited in Muriel Segal,
Virgins – Reluctant, Dubious and Avowed
, Robert Hale, London 1978, p.88

8
Wetenhall Wilkes,
A Letter of Genteel and Moral Advice to a Young Lady
, 1740, cited in Julie Peakman,
Lascivious Bodies – A sexual history of the eighteenth century
, Atlantic Books, London, 2004, p.27

9
Muriel Segal,
Virgins
, p.26

10
Voltaire,
Notebooks
, ed T. Besterman, 2
^nd
Edn. 91968 Vol II, The Leningrad Notebooks (c.1735-1750), p.455

11
Casanova,
Confutazione della Storia del Governo Veneto d'Amelot de la Houssaie
, Amsterdam 1767, quoted in HDMV, Bouquins I, p.972

12
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.43

13
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.50

14
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.50

15
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.51

16
Charles de Brosses,
Lettres Familières
, Letter XIII, Paris 1931,1, p. 155. Quoted in Rives Childs, p.5

17
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.52

18
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.57

19
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.58

20
HDMV, Bouquins I, p. 103

21
HDMV, Bouquins I, pp.58-9

22
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.70

23
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.75

24
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.71

25
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.72

26
Archivo della Parrochia S. Giacomo dall'Orio, battesimi 1705-1715 (Anno 1707)

27
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.78

28
HDMV, Bouquins I, pp.80-81

29
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.84

30
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.85

31
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.89

32
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.129

33
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.129

34
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.233

35
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.130

36
HDMV, Bouquins I, p. 134

37
‘in the year 1776' Casanova adds, but he was mistaken. Bettina died on 29 June 1777

38
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.51

1
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.347

2
HDMV, Bouquins I, p. 165

3
Thomas Nugent,
The Grand Tour
, London 1749, Vol III, p.36.ff

4
NB: Capuchin monks did not shave

5
HDMV, Bouquins I, p. 172

6
HDMV, Bouquins I, p. 173

7
HDMV, Bouquins I, p. 179

8
Johann Goethe,
Italian Journey
, translated by W.H. Auden and Elizabeth Mayer, Penguin Classics, 1970, p. 184

9
Charles de Brosses,
Selections from the Letters of Charles de Brosses
, translated by Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower, Kegan Paul, London, 1897, p.115

10
Thomas Nugent,
New Observations on Italy and its Inhabitants, written in French by two Swedish Gentlemen
, translated by Nugent, L. Davis and C. Reymers, London, 1769, Vol II, p.212

11
Jerome le Français de Lalande,
Voyage d'une Française en Italie fait dans les années 1765 et 1766
, Paris, 1768, Vol VI. p.339

12
Thomas Nugent,
New Observations
, Vol II, pp.212-213

13
Carlo Goldoni,
Mémoires
, p.386

14
Charles de Brosses,
Selections
, pp.119-120

15
HDMV, Bouquins I, p. 174

16
HDMV, Bouquins I, p. 174

17
HDMV, Bouquins I, p. 175

18
HDMV, Bouquins I, p. 176

19
HDMV, Bouquins I, p. 177

20
HDMV, Bouquins I, p. 177

21
Johann Goethe,
Italian Journey
, Translated by W.H. Auden and Elizabeth Mayer, Penguin Classics, 1970, p. 133

22
Charles de Brosses,
Selections
, p. 135

23
HDMV, Bouquins I, p, 179

24
HDMV, Bouquins I, p, 183

25
HDMV, Bouquins I, p, 184

26
HDMV, Bouquins I, p, 185

27
Johann Goethe,
Italian Journey
, p. 138

28
HDMV, Bouquins I, p. 195

29
HDMV, Bouquins I, p. 196

30
HDMV, Bouquins I, p. 196

31
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.203

32
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.204

33
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.205

34
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.579

35
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.627

36
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.636

37
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.637

38
HDMV, Bouquins III, p.310

39
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.639

40
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.639

41
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.640

42
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.644

43
Casanova, Letter to Opiz, January 10, 1791

44
J. Rives Childs,
Casanova – A Biography

1
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.898

2
Cited in J. Rives Childs,
Casanova -A New Perspective
, Constable, London, 1989, p.33

3
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.225

4
Dr Charles Burney,
The Present State of Music in France and Italy
, cited in Angus Heriot,
The Castrati in Opera
, Seeker and Warburg, London, 1956, p.42

5
Cited in Angus Heriot,
The Castrati
, p.26

6
Charles de Brosses:
Lettres Familières sur l'Italie
, Paris, 1931, cited in Angus Heriot,
The Castrati
, p. 14

7
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.186

8
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.654

9
HDMV, Bouquins III, p.966

10
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.231

11
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.233

12
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.234

13
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.236

14
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.245, note 2

15
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.246

16
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.246

17
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.240

18
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.240

19
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.241

20
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.242

21
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.250

22
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.250

23
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.251

24
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.251

25
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.294

26
Archives de Dux, Marr 40-264.
‘Il est ordonné… de laisser sûrement et librement passer: Jacques Cazanua Italien âgé de trente deux ans, taille de cinq pieds dix pouces et demie ou Environs Visage long plain Bazanné Le nez long et gros. La bouche grande Les yeux bruns a fleure de teste Qui va en Flandre'

27
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.253

28
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.264

29
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.264

30
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.264

31
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.271

32
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.575

33
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.574

34
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.577

35
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.579

1
HDMV, Bouquins II, p.909

2
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.501

3
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.374

4
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.380

5
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.384

6
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.448

7
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.473

8
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.477

9
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.478

10
Tartan: a small, two-masted sailing vessel

11
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.489

12
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.490

13
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.490

14
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.491

15
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.493

16
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.492

17
Louis Jean André, ‘Sous le Masque d'Anne d'Arci: Adélaïde de Gueidan',
Intermédiare des Casanovistes
, No XIII, 1996, p. 10

18
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.501

19
HDMV, Bouquins III, p.69

20
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.508

21
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.511

22
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.517

23
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.517

24
Horace Walpole cited in
The Grand Tour 1592-1796
, ed. Roger Hudson, The Folio Society, London 1993, p.70

25
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.520

26
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.520

27
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.522

28
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.521

29
Laurence Sterne,
Tristram Shandy
, cited in Roger Hudson,
The Grand Tour
, p.30

30
HDMV, Bouquins III, p.22

31
Casanova spoke French with a strong Italian accent

32
Letter of 28 May 1763 from Marie de Nairne to Baron Michel de Ramsay, cited in Compigny des Bordes,
Casanova et la Marquise d'Urfé
, n.p., Paris 1922, p.2

33
HDMV, Bouquins III, pp.63-4

34
HDMV, Bouquins III, p.65

35
Helmut Watzlawick ‘Fata Viam Invenient, or Henriette Forever',
Intermédiare des Casanovistes
, No. VI, 1989

36
Jean Louis André, in the article ‘“Sous le Masque” d'Anne d'Arci: Adelaide de Gueidan',
Intermédiare des Casanovistes
, No. XIII, 1996

37
‘une foule de chambres et de cabinets obscurs'.
Une Famille Provençale: Les Gueidan
, Arts & Livres de Provence Bulletin No.29, Marseille 1956 p.81

38
Archives Départementales. Notaires d'Aix Series 303 E 486, p.1050

39
‘une famille distinguée, qu'on pourrait même qualifier d'illustre': Gaspard de Gueidan, cited in
Une Famille Provençale: Les Gueidan
, p.74

40
Une Famille Provençale: Les Gueidan
, p.75

41
Archive Gueidan. Bibliothèque de l'Académie d'Aix-Musée Arbaud, Aix-en-Provence, cited by Louis Jean André, ‘Sous le masque', p.11

42
In French: ‘pour le voiturier qui a porté la malle à Cannes'.

1
HDMV, Bouquins III, p.649

2
HDMV, Bouquins I, pp.714-15

3
HDMV, Bouquins I, p.719

4
Pierre Gruet, ‘M.M. et Les Anges de Murano',
Casanova Gleanings
, XVIII, 1975

5
Letter from Prince de Ligne to Casanova, cited in Bouquins I, p. 1046