Anmerkungen
zu
"Casanova between Venice and Dux (1782-1785)"
von Marco Leeflang
1) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 3-79.
2) Casanova Archives: Marr 16 H 39.
3) Prince de Ligne, Mémoires, lettres
et pensées, éd. François Bourin, Paris, 1989,
p. 794.
4) Published by H.Watzlawick in the Casanova
Gleanings, Nice, 1979, p. 6. [Marrco 40-39].
5) Cf. Casanova Archives, respectively Marr 8-194,
166, 169, 184, 173, 176 and 168.
6) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 4-64.
7) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 31-49.
8)Cf. H.Watzlawick: ‘Casanova, Madagascar and Spa’
in l’Intermédiaire des Casanovistes, Roma, 1987, p. 1.
9) The Listes des Seigneurs et Dames venus aux
Eaux Minerales de Spa, appearing since the middle of the century for
the sake of convenience of guests and commerce. During the season the Lists
appeared frequently and kept count of the number of visitors. Thus Casanova
was mentioned in the 25th issue as the 627th guest of the year. The Lists
contained advertisements as well. They can be consulted in the Bibliothèque
communale of Spa.
10) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 34-4.
11) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 16 K 47.
12) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 3-64.
13) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 16 i 1.
14) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 16 i 14.
15) Cf. for the business with Conty: Casanova Archives:
Marr 12-57, 4-28, and 16 F 4.
16) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 9-50.
17) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 12-40.
18) Cf. the summary of a legal writ in catalogue
no.433 of the antiquariat Henning Oppermann, Bâle, 1932, lot 205a.
19) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 8-163, d.d. october
18, 1783.
20) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 18-23.
21) In his Lettres à Faulkircher [Marr 39-1]
he writes. "In 1783 I stayed in Paris for three months and in Fontainebleau
for a week, and I departed with a passport of mr de Vergennes accompanied
by my brother. Go and ask in Vienna. You’ll find him every day at the table
of prince Kaunitz."
22) Cf. Casanova: A Leonard Snetlage, 1797,
where he treats the word Aërostate. The casanovist Charles
Samaran found records of a session on november 22nd 1783 of the Academy
of Sciences, where Condorcet was present. He suggests that Casanova might
refer to this session. But given the fact, proven by a letter (see below),
that the brothers arrived in Frankfurt at the latest on november 26, this
is hardly possible. It is more likely that they left Paris soon after receiving
their passport and that Giacomo was present at a different meeting of the
Academy, held prior to the first ascent. This is in accordance with his
remark that the meeting took place "a few days after the death of the famous
d’Alembert." This death occurred on october 29. So most probably Casanova
has not witnessed the ascent himself. If he had, he would have mentioned
it in his correspondence, but Francesca nor Zaguri reflect the subject
in their letters, nor does Giacomo in his next message to Della Lena. The
fact that Casanova states in 1797 that his encounter with Franklin took
place in the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres
may have been a slip of the pen, as in his letter to Della Lena (november
28, 1783) he calls it the Accademia delle Scienze. 23) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 13 Y 3. "Augusta
de 26 9bre 1783"
24) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 13 B 3, 13 B 4,
and 13 B 6.
25) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 8-185.
26) Published by Bruno Brunelli in G. Casanova
e l’Abate Della Lena, Venezia, 1931. The english translation (by Gillian
Rees) is taken from Pablo Günther, The Casanova Tour, Heidelberg,
1996, p. 103.
27) Casanova Archives: Marr 12-45.
28) Casanova Archives: Marr 8-189.
29) Lying seems to have been a favorite pass time
for Giovanni. Without blushing he wrote in 1761 from Rome to Giacomo in
Paris: "J’ai été chez l’Abbé de Moncada que j’ai vu
pour la première fois de ma vie et lui tout de même ainsi
ne me connoissant pas il m’a pris pour un Cavallero il n’est pas nécessaire
de te dire toutes les menteries que j’ai étalées car je ne
m’en souviens pas, je me souviens seulement que je n’ai pas dit un mot
de vérité ..." (Marr 13V5).
30) Casanova Archives: Marr 13 V 8.
31) Giovanni Casanova Discorso sopra gl’Antichi
e varj monumenti loro per uso degl’alunni dell’Elettoral Accademia delle
Bell’Arti di Dresda, Leipzig, 1770.
32) Giovanni Casanova: Collection de Camées,
Pierres gravées en creux, Pâtes antiques en relief et en creux,
formée par M. Casanova Directeur de l’Academie Electorale des Beaux
Arts à Dresde, et acquisée par Sa Majesté Catharinae
II, Imperatrice de toutes les Russies" (Hermitage, inv.n? 47090).
33) Casanova Archives: Marr 9-23.
34) Casanova Archives: Marr 9-50.
35) Casanova Archives: Marr 9-36.
36) Casanovas letter to Lamberg, dd april 15, 1785,
of which Lamberg sent a summary to Opiz [cf. Opiz copy of Lambergs "92th
letter" in Opiz’ manuscript Correspondence, vol. V, pp.107-112.
[Marr 40-49]
37) Casanova Archives: Marr 8-162.
38) Casanova Archives: Marr 8-182.
39) Casanova Archives: Marr 8-183.
40) Casanova Archives: Marr 2-76, letter from Lamberg
to Casanova.
41) Casanova Archives: Marr 2-83.
42) Anna Jameson-Brownell ( Dublin 1794-Ealing 1860):
Celebrated female sovereigns, 1821, vol.II, p.328.
43) Cf. Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Le Brun,
Souvenirs de Mme Vigée-Lebrun (Paris 1835.1837), vol. II,
p. 205s.
44) C.J. de Ligne, op. cit. p.794.
45) Casanova Archives: Marr 2-38.
46) Casanova Archives: Marr 21-1.
47) Casanova Archives: Marr 9-28.
48) Casanova Archives: Marr 2-52 (Lamberg informs
C. that he sent the diploma to Vienna), Marr 12-58 (Foscarini forwards
the diploma, sends his congratulations and includes Lambergs request to
Foscarini [Marr 2-51]).
49) Casanova Archives: Marr 4-42.
50) Lettre historico-critique sur un fait connu,
dépendant d’une cause peu connue, [Dessau], 1784; Exposition
raisonnée du différent, qui subsiste entre les deux republiques
de Venise et d’Hollande, nov. 1784 and in a revised version jan. 1785;
Esposizione ragionata della contestazione, che susiste tre’le due republiche
di Venezia, e di Olanda, 1785; Lettre a messieurs Jean et Etienne
L[usac, of the Gazette de Leyde], contenat des observations sur le narré
de l’affaire, qui a donné lieu au différent entre la République
de Venise & celle d’Hollande publié dans les Nro. XXI &
XXII de leur Gazette, Gazette de Leyde, march 31, 1785 and Gazette
de Cologne, april 19th 1785; Supplément à l’Exposition
raisonnée du différent qui subsiste entre la République
de Vénise, & celle de Hollande, [march] 1785; and several
articles on the same subject in the Osservatore Triestino, jan 1st
through february 26, 1785. Cf. H.Watzlawick: "The Zannovich Pamphlets,
notes for a revision of the Casanova Bibliography" in Casanova Gleanings
XX, Nice, 1977, pp.63-70.
51) Cf. Dr. E.O.G. Haitsma Mulier: "De affaire Zanovich.
Amsterdams-Venetiaanse betrekkingen aan het einde van de achttiende eeuw"
in Amstelodamum, Jaarboek 72, Amsterdam, 1980 of which the above
mentioned Affair is extracted.
52) Casanova Archives: Marr 2-38.
53) Cf. J.R.Childs: Casanoviana, Vienna,
1956, p. 71 and H. Watzlawick: "A touch of madness - le chevalier de Béris"
in L’Intermédiaire des Casanovistes, Rome, 1984, pp. 9-14.
54) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 32-2.
55) Casanova Archives: Marr 9-21.
56) Casanova Archives: Marr 12-91.
57) Casanova Archives: Marr 8-200.
58) Casanova Archives: Marr 8-195.
59) Casanova: Histoire de ma vie, éd.
Brockhaus/Plon, Vol.1, p.36 and Vol.11, p.282.
60) Casanova Archives: Marr 8-52.
61) Casanova Archives: Marr 4-20 and Marr 12-64,
d.d. july 16th, 1786.
62) Casanova Archives: Marr 8-174.
63) Casanova Archives: Marr 8-167.
64) Casanova Archives: Marr 8-181.
65) Casanova Archives: Marr 8-175.
66) Casanova Archives: Marr 8-170.
67) Casanova Archives: Marr 3-62, letter dated may
11th, 1784.
68) Casanova Archives: Marr 8-171, quoted by F.Buschini.
69) J-F. Labie in Mémoires et livrets
/ Lorenzo da Ponte, Le Livre de Poche, Paris, 1980, p.11.
70) Da Ponte: Mémoires, op.cit. vol.3,
p.148.
71) Da Ponte, op. cit. vol.4, p.258.
72) Casanova Archives: Marr 9-27.
73) Casanova Archives: Marr 2-22.
74) Cf. H. Watzlawick: "Et ille in Arcadia / Traunpaur,
chevalier d’ophanie" in Casanova Gleanings XXIII, 1980.
75) Casanova Archives: Marr 16 F 12, a hotel bill
for a stay from may 29th till june 3rd 1784.
76) Casanova Archives: Marr 36-24, 25, 26 and 30.
77) In his Echantillons envoyés par un
observateur barbaresque à sa belle au bout d’une année de
séjour dans une Capitale policée etc, 1784, Traunpaur
had used a few of Casanova’s favorite lines like ‘de rivage en rivage’.
78) Casanova Archives: Marr 2-53.
79) Casanova Archives: Marr 36-18, 19 and 20.
80) Casanva: Istoria delle turbolenze della Polonia,
Tom. II, Parte II, [Marr 26-9]. The existence of the manuscript was signaled
already by A. Mahler in 1905, but it was published only in 1974 by G. Bozzolato
in Casanova: uno storico alla ventura.
81) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 17 A 27.
82) Cf. Opiz correspondence with Lamberg: march
24, 1786 in which Lamberg quotes Casanova’s letter ofapril 15th, 1785.
83) Cf. Casanova Archives: Marr 17 C 3 and 5.
84) Casanova Archives: Marr 12-98.
85) Opiz manuscript copy of his correspondence with
Lamberg d.d. july 30, 1785.
86) Lettre to Della Lena, august 1785; Casanova
Archives: Marrco 40-48.
