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1861222441861. Un Hermaphrodite by Louis Jourdan examines the life of the Chevalier d'Éon an eighteenth century French diplomat soldier and intelligence agent whose public identity challenged conventional understandings of gender in European society. The book recounts the career of Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont who served the French crown in diplomatic and military roles while later living publicly as a woman in London and Paris. During the eighteenth century d'Éon's gender identity became a subject of international curiosity and debate and their life intersected with the political networks of French diplomacy and espionage. Jourdan's biography situates d'Éon within the culture and politics of late ancien régime France while presenting the figure as both an accomplished state servant and an individual whose gender presentation defied prevailing social norms.<br /> <br /> Jourdan Louis. Un Hermaphrodite. Paris: E. Dentu 1861. Second edition. First published in 1836 the work provides a narrative account of d'Éon's diplomatic missions military service and later life in England and France. The author describes the Chevalier as "un savant distingué un militaire intrépide un diplomate d'une habileté consommée" characterizing the figure as a distinguished scholar courageous soldier and skilled diplomat. The text recounts d'Éon's service in the French dragoon regiments and involvement with the clandestine diplomatic network known as le Secret du Roi through which agents carried out sensitive political missions for the French monarchy in locations including Russia and England. Jourdan also presents d'Éon as an unusual personality within the social world of pre revolutionary France describing the individual as "un des éléments les plus pittoresques de cette société frivole que le coup de tonnerre de 1789 devait si brusquement réveiller."<br /> <br /> Nineteenth century interest in d'Éon's life reflected broader fascination with figures whose gender identity and public roles challenged established categories of male and female. The Chevalier's career in diplomacy and espionage combined with a later public identity as a woman produced one of the most widely discussed gender controversies of the eighteenth century and biographies such as Jourdan's helped preserve the historical record of that life for later readers. 304 pages. Half dark green glazed calf over marbled boards with raised bands and gilt decoration on the spine marbled endpapers and edges. 12mo measuring approximately 188 x 118 mm. Light rubbing to boards with clean interior pages; overall very good condition. The volume provides a nineteenth century biographical interpretation of one of the most historically documented figures associated with gender nonconformity in early modern Europe. unknown
1854231041854. Cross Dressing Chevalier d'Eon Davidson G. H. The New Wonderful Magazine Vol. II includes a Victorian illustrated account of Chevalier d'Éon the eighteenth century French diplomat soldier and spy whose public life became a recurring point of reference in the history of gender nonconformity in Europe. Issued within a miscellany devoted to remarkable characters strange histories and marvel literature the volume shows how nineteenth century popular print converted d'Éon's earlier political and social notoriety into commercial reading matter with gender classification itself staged as visible spectacle. Its treatment of d'Éon belongs to a broader culture of illustrated biography in which bodily ambiguity celebrity and curiosity were circulated together for a mass audience.<br /> <br /> Davidson G. H. The New Wonderful Magazine: Consisting of a Carefully Selected Collection of Remarkable Trials Biographies of Wonderful or Extraordinary Characters Curious Histories and Adventures Phenomena in Nature the Wonders of Art. Vol. II. London: G. H. Davidson 1854. Illustrated volume of 756 pages in publisher's canvas binding measuring 9 x 6 x 3 inches. The book gathers short biographies curious histories and accounts of extraordinary subjects illustrated with steel plate portraits engraved scenes and woodcuts. Its image of Chevalier d'Éon presents the figure half in women's dress and half in men's dress using split costume as the central visual device and making dual gender presentation the basis of the composition. Elsewhere the volume follows the pictorial language of mid nineteenth century popular miscellanies pairing portraiture with dramatic narrative illustration across a broad range of biographical and anecdotal material.<br /> <br /> D'Éon's continued circulation in nineteenth century print reflects the persistence of an eighteenth century life that moved through diplomatic military and courtly worlds while becoming publicly associated with both male and female social roles at different stages. By 1777 Louis XVI had officially recognized d'Éon as female and later writers repeatedly returned to that history in discussions of gender variance notoriety and embodiment. In this 1854 volume the subject appears not as private biography alone but as illustrated public curiosity showing how Victorian print culture repackaged earlier lives that unsettled binary gender norms for popular consumption. Moderate wear and rubbing to binding with expected age toning; text and illustrations complete and legible. A well preserved Victorian printing that carries one of the nineteenth century's most recognizable popular images of Chevalier d'Éon. unknown
1900223451900. TransgenderLGBTQ Homberg Octave. La Carrière Militaire du Chevalier d'Éon 1900 examines the military and diplomatic career of Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont the eighteenth century soldier diplomat and intelligence agent who later lived publicly as a woman and became one of the most widely discussed gender nonconforming figures in European history. Chevalier d'Éon served as a dragoon officer and diplomatic envoy under Louis XV and participated in the secret intelligence network known as the Secret du Roi. By the late eighteenth century d'Éon's gender identity became the subject of widespread public fascination in France and Britain where wagering on the diplomat's sex became a matter of public speculation and legal dispute.<br /> <br /> Homberg Octave. La Carrière Militaire du Chevalier d'Éon d'après des documents inédits. Paris and Nancy: Berger Levrault & Cie 1900. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the half title. Illustrated with a chromolithographic frontispiece depicting d'Éon in uniform after an eighteenth century print by Roman de Montfort. The study draws upon previously unpublished diplomatic and military records to reconstruct d'Éon's career as a dragoon captain diplomat and intelligence operative serving the French crown in Russia and Britain. Published at a time when scholarly engagement with gender variance remained rare the book represents an early historical attempt to treat d'Éon as a significant political and military figure rather than as a medical curiosity. Original wrappers show significant edge loss with the front cover detached; interior pages complete with moderate toning and the inscription clear and legible. Overall fair to good condition. The volume preserves early modern documentary research into one of the most famous gender nonconforming figures of European diplomatic history. unknown
