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Les Loisirs du Chevalier d'Éon de Beaumont, 1774-1775

Photo [EON DE BEAUMONT, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste]. 

[EON DE BEAUMONT, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste]. 

Les Loisirs du Chevalier d'Éon de Beaumont, ancien Ministre Plénipotentiaire de France, sur divers sujets importans d'Administration. 

Amsterdam, s.n., 1774-1775.

Thirteen volumes 8vo (198x120 mm), (8)-392 pages / (4)-iv-320 pages / (4)-316 pages / (6)-356 pages / (8)-363 pages / (4)-400 pages / (4)-380-(4) pages / (4)-380 pages / (4)-388 pages / (4)-371-(4) pages / (6)-392 pages / (4)-136-288 pages / [300] pages.  binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt flat spines. All edges gilden. Somes caps worn. 

Photo [EON DE BEAUMONT, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste]. 

First edition.
Autobiography of the Chevalier d'Eon, the most famous transvestite in the history of France. But beyond the incredible story of his cross-dressing at the court of Elizabeth of Russia which turned into an international incident, the Chevalier d'Eon was a diplomat who frequented European courts during the reign of Louis XV. This autobiography, published the day after the scandal during which he publicly claimed to be a woman, is centered around his stay at the court of Angleterere.

Price : 1750 €

Photo [EON DE BEAUMONT, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste]. 
Photo [EON DE BEAUMONT, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste]. 
Photo [EON DE BEAUMONT, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste]. 
Photo [EON DE BEAUMONT, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste]. 
Photo [EON DE BEAUMONT, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste]. 
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