Who is Casanova from The Art of Seduction and what is their importance?

This world famous rake serves as the main exemplar in multiple cases during the book. The book is not graphic and for the most part does not get into the quality of the sex but is devoted to the typology of seducers and their victims and methods. Don Juan Casanova had what was almost a hard-won reputation. His efforts during the earlier stages of his seductions were what helped him to develop such a name for himself as a world reknowned lover.