The strange career of the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont : [minister plenipotentiary from France to Great Britain in 1763] / by Captain J. Buchan Telfer

Telfer, J. Buchan (John Buchan)

1885, First Edition. London : Longmans, Green, and Co. First edition in this form. Early transgender biography. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Boards stained. Light foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #456249

Physical description; 378 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; "Works and publications by the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont": pages 361-363. Includes index. Publisher advertisements follow the text. Subjects; Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d' 1728-1810. 1715-1774. 18th century. France History 18th century. Aristocracy (Social class) France ; Biography. Gender identity Europe History 18th century. Sex role Europe History 18th century. Transgender England 18th century ; Biography. French Great Britain ; Biography. Diplomats France 18th century ; Biography. Diplomats. France Foreign relations 1715-1774. France.

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