Eon Chevalier (18 results)

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Texte conforme à l'édition publiée chez Ladvocat libraire a Paris en 1836. Nombreuses illustrations provenant de gravures et de documents provenant de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Publié par Saint Clair en 1967, très jolies reliures plein cuir en très bon état , intérieurs en très bon état sur papier bouffant Alfa Vergé, formats 20,5 x 12,5X3 cm , 655 pages (322 + 333).

Cartoné (Tapa dura). Condition: Muy Bien. Dust Jacket Condition: Sin cubierta. Materia: Memorias. Características físicas: Excelente estado. Ubicación: A.35. LIBRO.

Condition: Très Bon État. tirage sur papier bouffant - nombreuses illustrations - 333 pages en format 11 - 19 cm - reliure rigide en cuir avec plat et dos en dorure avec motifs décoratifs - maquette de michel redon.

Condition: Très Bon État. tirage sur papier bouffant - nombreuses illustrations - 322 pages en format 11 - 19 cm - reliure rigide en cuir avec plat et dos en dorure avec motifs décoratifs - maquette de michel redon.

Condition: Très Bon État. tirage sur papier bouffant - nombreuses illustrations - 333 pages en format 11 - 19 cm - reliure rigide en cuir avec plat et dos en dorure avec motifs décoratifs - maquette de michel redon.

Couverture rigide. Livre en français. Reliure de l'éditeur. 2 volumes. 322 + 334 pages. Grande-Bretagne. Livre.

Couverture rigide. Livre en français. Reliure de l'éditeur. 2 volumes. 322 + 334 pages. Grande-Bretagne. Livre.

Bon état. Texte conforme à l'édition publiée chez Ladvocat, libraire à Paris, 1836.

reliure cuir. Condition: bon état. en deux tomes, capitaine des dragons, chevalier de Saint-Louis, ministre plénipotentiaire de France à la Cour d'Angleterre, in-8 322 + 333.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by the author and sold by James Dixwell, St. Martin's Lane, London. One volume in 3 parts, French text. 202p. 75 p. 59 p. Complete rebind in brown half morocco and marble paper covered boards. New endpapers. slight damp staining on the back 20 pages and at the bottom of some of the middle pages. Text in very good condition showing very little wear. Very attractive binding. The Chevalier d'Eon (1728-1810) was a French diplomat, spy, soldier and Freemason who lived the first half of his life as a man and the second half as a woman. The National Portrait Gallery has acquired a painting of the Chevalier by Thomas Stewart.

Two rare works, probably both London-printed, by the Chevalier D'Eon - the French diplomat recognised as one of the first openly transgender figures in European print. The Lettres appear here in their second edition, identical to (and swiftly following) the first, but with a new preface, while the Dernières Lettres is in its rare first edition (at least one more followed).Following a successful military career d'Eon served Louis XV in English diplomacy and espionage from 1762, gathering defence intelligence for a projected French invasion. Living lavishly in London he alarmed the French government, who stopped his pension and sought to recall him to France. He became embroiled in a bitter row with his compatriot Claude Louis François Régnier de Guerchy (1715-1767), who he saw as an interloper on his diplomatic patch. 'From October 1763 the dispute took a spectacular turn as d'Eon published allegations that Guerchy had tried to poison him. In March 1764, he went further still and published a selection of his diplomatic papers, which heaped ridicule on Guerchy and his allies in France' (the present Lettres discussed by Burrows, A King's Ransom). The dispute was an embarrassment to the French, not least because d'Eon successfully brought the matter to the English courts and because it drew attention to the chevalier's increasingly complex personal life. It was in the wake of this affair that the chevalier went into hiding in Byfleet (Surrey), spending a year disguised as a woman and going by the name of Madame Duval. This trans experiment initiated the period in which, D'Eon lived partly as a woman and became a celebrated figure in London society.The Dernière lettre is a superb piece of propaganda issued on d'Eon's behalf appearing after the comte de Guerchy's death in 1767 and reproducing the last letter sent to him by d'Eon recounting the facts of the poisoning case together with extensive translations from English legal records of the law case as it worked its way, very publicly, through the courts.This copy is from the library of politician John Baker Holroyd, 1st Baron Sheffield (1735-1821, friend of Edward Gibbon). 3 parts, pp. [8], xxxvi, [2], 178, 181-202; [2], 75, [1]; [2], 59, [3], double page letterpress table after p. 178 in part 1 (as called for), final errata leaf bound at the end of the volume.[bound with:] Dernière lettre du Chevalier D'Eon a M. Le Comte de Guerchy, en date du 5 Aout, 1767.Avec l'extrait de la procedure en bonne forme. 'A Londres', 1767. pp. 19, [1].2 works bound together, 4to (260 × 200 mm). Contemporary sprinkled English calf, gilt panelled spine, red morocco label. Joints expertly repaired. Contemporary bookplate of I. Baker Holroyd Esq. Sheffield Place, Sussex. [ESTC lists only the BL and UL copies of the 'La Haye' second edition of Lettres (and notes a separate large paper issue in a handful of copies) and the BL, Harvard and Czartoryski Library (Cracow) copies of Dernière Lettre only.].

8°. 487 S. Restaurierter Pappband der Zeit mit Rückenschild und leichter Rückenvergoldung, (berieben). Erste und einzige deutsche Ausgabe. Selten. - Fromm II, 8578. - Mit Kapiteln über die Frau Peters I., Russische Gesetze und Erlasse, den Russischen Handel und die erhobenen Zölle, sowie der Widergabe des Handelsvertrages zwischen Russland und Großbritanniens. - Der 1710 in Paris geborene Chevalier d'Eon wurde bereits 1756 als Geheimdiplomat nach Russland geschickt, wo er das Vertrauen der Zarin Elisabeth errang. - Berühmtheit erlangte er weniger wegen seiner diplomatischen Verdienste als vielmehr der Tatsache, dass er einen Großteil seines Lebens in Frauenkleidern verbrachte und sein tatsächliches Geschlecht lange im Unklaren blieb. - Starker gebräunt, teils wasserrandig, Name auf Titel und Vorsatz. // 487 p. Restored contemporary boards with label on spine and slight back gilding, (rubbed). - First and only German edition. Rarely. - Fromm II, 8578 - With chapters on the wife of Peter I., Russian laws and decrees, Russian trade and the duties levied, as well as the reproduction of the trade agreement between Russia and Great Britain. - Born in Paris in 1710, Chevalier d'Eon was sent to Russia as early as 1756 as a secret diplomat, where he gained the trust of Tsarina Elizabeth. - He became famous less for his diplomatic merits than for the fact that he spent a large part of his life in women's clothing and that his actual gender remained unclear for a long time. - Strongly browned, partly waterstained, name on title and endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 3 Parts in 1 Volume. 4to. pp. 1 p.l., xxxvi, [1], 202; 1 p.l., 75, [1]; 1 p.l., 59, [2]errata. first title in red & black. folding table. 19th century half calf (rubbed, light spotting to first title). First Edition. Letters, memorials and secret correspondence of the French political adventurer of dubious sexual identity, relating to his interim appointment as Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain, his refusal to comply with orders of recall, and his bitter quarrel with the Comte de Guerchy, the ambassador sent to replace him. The Chevalier was finally persuaded to leave England and retire to France on a pension, on condition that he resume female attire for the rest of his life. The news of his departure was a severe disappointment to all those who had engaged in wild speculation as to his true sex to the tune of some 120,000 pounds in unsettled bets. Cioranescu 27692.

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13 vol. in-8, veau marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Oeuvres du célèbre chevalier d'Éon où se trouvent réunis ses très nombreux travaux de politique qui témoignent d?un esprit observateur.D'une famille de juristes, avocat au Parlement, Charles de Beaumont, reçut du prince de Conti une mission à la cour de Russie en 1755 ; agent secret du roi, il est « lectrice » de la Tsarine Élisabeth sous un déguisement féminin. Entré dans la carrière des armes en 1761, il devint secrétaire d?ambassade en 1762, puis ministre plénipotentiaire, avant de recevoir de Louis XV la croix de Saint Louis. Éon révéla que le ministre protestant Gibert « trafiquait » par Rouen et Dieppe l?envoi de protestants dans les colonies anglaises ; des menées hostiles et des médisances, ainsi que les discussions auxquelles on se livra sur son sexe, le contraignirent à revenir en France. Vergennes et Maurepas l?obligèrent à paraître dans le monde sous l?aspect de la « chevalière d?Éon ». I. Tableau historique & politique de la république de Pologne. Recherches historiques sur la province d'Alsace. II. Recherches sur les Royaumes de Naples & de Sicile. III. Abrégé Chronologique de l'Histoire sacrée, Ecclésiastique, & des Papes. IV. Pensées, Recherches, Observations sur le Commerce & la Navigation . Remarques importante sur le Célibats, examen de la Banque de Law. V. Recherches sur la Russie, sur les Loix, le commerce, monnoie. Traité de commerce entre la Russie & la Grande Bretagne. VI. Histoire impartiale d'Eudoxie Foederowna ; ordonnance de PierreI. Observation sur les revus & les dépences de la République de Gênes. De l'sle de Corse. VII. Observations sur le Royaume d'Angleterre : douanes, finances, population, Compagnies de commerce. VIII. Possessions de l'Angleterre dans l'Amérique : Nouvelle Angleterre, Nouvelle Yorck, Pensilvanie, Géorgie, Virginie, Maryland. - Le Canada. - Plantations et commerce de ces colonies. IX. Régie des bleds en France. Mendians et enfans trouvés. Gabelles, aides, taille. X. Détails général des finances de France. Impôts du clergé. XI. Origine et progrès de la taille en France. XII. Détail générale de toutes les parties des finances du Royaume. Mémoires sur le Domaine d'Occident. Situation des François dans l'Inde avant 1763. XIII. Table générale des Matières.Bel exemplaire. Kress, 4765 ; INED, 1735 ; Stourm, 122, 140.

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Imprimé à Berlin chez Pierre Bourdeaux Aux dépens du Corps Diplomatique, & se vend en Allemagne, en Hollande, en Angleterre, chez les principaux Libraires, sans date [1764], Année de l'E.O, 1 volume in-8 de 235x205 mm environ, (1) f., (4) ff. (titre, avertissement, copie), xxxvi-(1)-202-75-(1)-59 pages, pleine basane marbrée cognac, dos à nerfs portant titres dorés, gardes marbrées, tranches rouges. Dorures en parties effacées sur le dos, larges épidermures sur les plats, manque de cuir sur les coiffes (couverture restaurée), intérieur bon état. Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont, dit le « chevalier d'Éon » (5 octobre 1728 à l'hôtel d'Uzès de Tonnerre (Yonne) - 21 mai 1810 à Londres) est un diplomate, espion et homme de lettres français.

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