The Chevalier d'Éon before 1777 France Rare contemporary account of the

Rare contemporary account of the French recapture of the Dutch colonies of Demerara

Collection of natural history drawings and manuscript notes

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The Chevalier d'Éon before 1777 France Rare contemporary account of theMademoiselle Chevalire don [= Charles Genevive d'on de Beaumont (17281810)]; Pierre Adrien Le Beau [engraving]; Claude Louis Desrais [design]. Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Cesar Andre Timothee, Deon de Beaumont, nee a Tonnerre en 1728. Paris, Esnauts & Rapilly, [ca. 1770before 1777]. Engraving on laid paper (ca. 19,5 x 14 cm). Portrait of dEon, nearly half length, in profile to the left; wearing the full military garb of a Captain of the Dragoons,