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