A biography of Casanova: an adventurer, a passionate writer, a gambler, a mathematician, a businessman, a lover, a poet, a globetrotter, a versatile man who managed to feel at home among monarchs, philosophers, envoys and people of all regions. Thanks to the rich pictorial documentation, we look in chronological order at the colorful world of the 18th century, where each pictorial reproduction relates to the relevant text of Casanova on the same page.