Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732, Paris - 1799, ibidem) was a French polymath. At various times in his life, he was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, financier and revolutionary (both French and American).
Caron de Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin (1732-1799). "La folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro". (Kehl): la Société littéraire-typographique; et se trouve à Paris: chez Ruault, 1785. 8vo. LI, (1), 199, (1) pp., 5 full-page engraved plates. Orig. half-leather binding from the time.