Bible. English. Great Bible. 1539, Volume of the bookes called Hagiographa, and Newe Testament in englyshe
Description:
BEIN ZZ84 78: Imperfect: trimmed, with some loss of printed marginalia and manuscript annotations. Manuscript annotations in text. Manuscript letter of Francis Fry, dated 1879, and bookseller's description of Bible pasted to front inside cover. Article "A description of the Great Bible, 1539 ... by Francis Fry" and dated 1865 tipped in at front. Facsimile of 16th century document pasted onto front free endpaper., The Great Bible version., Title pages and Kalender printed in red and black., Regnault's name from STC., Month date of publication from colophon., Signatures: *⁶ a-k⁸ l⁴; A-P⁸ Q⁴ AA-PP⁸ QQ-RR⁶ Aaa-Kkk⁸ Aa-Nn⁸., and The second and third parts, "The volume of the bookes called Hagiographa", and "The newe Testament in englyshe" each have separate divisional title page and foliation beginning on A1, AA1, Aaa1, and Aa1 respectively.
Publisher:
Prynted by [Francis Regnault, and in London by] Rychard Grafton [and] Edward Whitchurch. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum
A 1787 fencing match between a man and a woman in the elegant rooms of Carlton House, London. In the audience stands the Prince of Wales who had arranged this fencing demonstration between Mademoiselle d'Eon (right), and Monsieur de Saint George (left). Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont (1728-1810), known as the Chevalier d'Eon, who lived the first half of his life as a man and the second half as a woman. The fencer on the left is Joseph de Bologne de Saint-Georges or the Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), who was the son of a wealthy plantation owner in the French West Indies colony of Guadeloupe and one of his African slaves named Anne
Alternative Title:
Assault and Fencing match
Description:
Title engraved below image., After the painting by Victor Marie Picot., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark; design cropped.
Publisher:
Published by Corbeau at Paris and by Robinde at London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810., and Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne, chevalier de, 1745-1799.