Giacomo Casanova [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… with substantial bills of exchange ( lettres de change ) and numerous letters of recommendation, he presented himself to all his bankers, who offered him their personal services: ‘Le matin j’allais à la Bourse, ou je faisais des … Leipzig, and even carried on a brief affair with the alleged Mme Castel-Bajac, who had since changed her name twice. The self-styled ‘chevalier’ Goudar, was another such character who straddled the Republic of Letters and the underground and …
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