Null Pair of ENGRAVINGS representing the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, one as a m…

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Pair of ENGRAVINGS representing the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, one as a man and the other as a woman 19th century 18 x 12.5 cm (small punctures, small holes)

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Pair of ENGRAVINGS representing the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, one as a man and the other as a woman 19th century 18 x 12.5 cm (small punctures, small holes)

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Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Charles-Geneviève de Beaumont, chevalier d'ÉON (1728-1810) political agent, spy and adventurer, disguised as a woman. 2 P.A., 1775; 4pages and a half in-fol. 6th Note from M. d'Eon, [London] August 2, 1775. D'Eon refuses to go in secret to the Comte de Guines, French ambassador in London, "not wanting for anything in the world to look like a vile spy in the eyes of England & the Foreign Ministers after having been Minister Plenipotentiary of France. [...] M. d'Eon lives in very good understanding with M. le Comte de Vergennes, he is paid his pension in London, he has the King's permission to return to France whenever he wishes. He is not going back, because he still has business to finish in England"... Extract from a letter from the late King's Private Secretary & the Comte de Broglie to the Chevalier d'Eon in London, Paris, December 18, 1775, saying "I am delighted to learn that your affairs will soon be over, that it is you who have dictated the conditions, & that, free at last, you are master of your fate, & your happiness depends solely on you. [...] I am not feminizing you yet, time will come, & it will never be as long as I wish for you & for me". We enclose 2 interesting manuscripts (period copies): - "Extrait de la lettre du Chevalier d'Eon à M. le Comte de Broglie", London January 8, 1775 (12p, in-fol.), on the conditions of his return to France, and recounting in detail his disputes with the Comte de Guerchy, French ambassador, during his mission to England. - "5e Note de M. d'Eon" (1775; 3p. and a half in-fol.), concerning negotiations on his return to France with the Marquis de Prunevaux, and "the famous Caron de Beaumarchais"...

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Charles-Geneviève de Beaumont, chevalier d'ÉON (1728-1810). 11 P.A. contained in a cardboard folder with this autograph label "Notes ou notions & Anecdotes pour composer mes Epitres & Lettres à plusieurs de mes Protecteurs ou amis qui ont pris grande part à mon sort depuis que jai repris ma premiere Robe d'innocence par ordre de la loi & du Roi en 1777.1778.1779 &c. &c. &c."; on 14 pages various formats. - "Anecdote de mon diné à Francfort en 1761 [...] chez un riche md juif"... - "Belle reponse & repartie piquante de Mlle D'Eon à M. De la Lande de l'académie des Sciences, pendant un diner chez W Barthelemy en 1788": Lalande tried to prove the non-existence of God, and D'Eon retorted sharply. - A salacious note on the language errors of an English officer. - Anecdote on the miniature painter Gratis (1792). - Extract from a petition to the Pope. - Biographical note on his adolescence and his taste for "the study of Holy Scripture". - On her associations: "Mlle D'Eon preferred the society of women to keep herself pure, intact & without reproach"... - Lists of works lent by her in London in 1788 and 1791, etc.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

[Chevalier d'ÉON]. Letters addressed to him, preserved in 5 folders with autograph titles of the Chevalier d'ÉON. - "Lettres de Mr De La Bassée cher de St Louis Lieutenant de la Marechaussée à Boullogne sur mer Cousin de Mr De St Paul Per Commis de la Guerre à Versailles à Mlle la Chre D'Eon": 3 letters, 1777-1784, relating to his promotion, and D'Éon's travels in England; plus the minute of a memoir to Prince de Montbarey, Minister of War. - "Lettres de Mr labbé Duprat ancien secretaire de M. le Baron de Breteuil, en Russie, en Suede & en Hollande"...: 3 letters, 1778-1785; he describes his apartment and asks Mlle d'Éon to find him a new tenant; news from Paris, performance of Marmontel et Piccini's Pénélope with the Saint-Huberty... - "Lettres de M. de Montigny Tresorier Général des États de Bourgogne"...: 3 letters, 1781 and 1783, asking for advice before his trip to England, and recounting his excursions around London. - "Lettres du Chateau d'Anci-le-franc": 3 letters, 1782-1784; invitations from Mme de Louvois; regrets over her departure. - "Lettres de M. le Baron de Breteuil à Mlle la Chre d'Eon": bill, Sept. 5, 1785, to receive "Mademoiselle D'Eon"...

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

[Chevalier d'ÉON]. 42 letters addressed to Madame or Mademoiselle la chevalière d'Éon (most to Tonnerre, with addresses; some wax seals), 1777-1789. Letters from the comtesse d'Ailly (invitations to come and play comedy), comte d'Albon (declaration of love), Mme d'Anstrude de Channe (dispatch of a cook and game), Blin de Sainmore (celebrating "the heroine who makes the admiration of the century"), marquise de Camus (on the baron de Breteuil), M. de Channe, Mme de Clugny, chevalier de Corberon, de Courtive (accepting an invitation to stay with "aussy engageante que lest Mlle Deon"), comte Delva, Du Morier, Famin curé de Samois (offering his house to D'Éon to stay in when he comes to court at Fontainebleau), comte de Flogny, marquis de Fontaines, vicomte de La Ferté, marquise de La Maisonfort, Le Cauchois prieur de l'abbaye de St Michel, Madenié prieur de l'abbaye de St Martin, M. de Mauvelain, comte et comtesse de Monet, duc de Montpesat, More de Quingery directeur de la poste à Tonnerre (asking him to find his nephew, who has escaped to London), M. de Sainte-Suzanne, Thierry, M. de Tréville, Isaïe Villiers (from Berlin, requesting his portrait), etc.

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