1906, ISBN: a10758ca242d36bc10d437ad1c05bc34

London: George Newnes Limited, [1906]. xv, [1], 355pp, [1]. With an illustrated frontispiece. Original publisher’s blue cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. A trifle rub… More...

London: George Newnes Limited, [1906]. xv, [1], 355pp, [1]. With an illustrated frontispiece. Original publisher’s blue cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Decorated endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (c. 1476-1524), renowned French Knight, commonly known as Chevalier de Bayard. The epitome of chivalric virtue, Bayard was one of the most renowned military commanders of the sixteenth century Europe. He served with distinction under Charles VIII, securing numerous victories during the First Italian War. Under Louis XII he was the hero of many combats; on one occasion he is said to have single-handedly defended a bridge over the Garigliano against 200 Spanish troops, an exploit that brought him such renown that Pope Julius II sought unsuccessfully to entice him into the papal service. In 1508 he fought at the siege of Genoa and, later, at Padua. Despite being severely wounded at Brescia, he nevertheless enthusiastically joined the Battle of Ravenna (1512). In 1515, on the accession of Francis I, he was made lieutenant general of Dauphiné, notably holding Mézières with 1,000 men against the opposing forces of Holy Roman emperor Charles V totalling 35,000 troops. He was totally wounded whilst campaigning in Italy in 1524, dying in the midst of the enemy. For his unwavering gaiety and kindness his contemporaries dubbed him 'le bon chevalier'; as the centuries have passed the epithet e chevalier sans peur et sans reproche (the knight without fear and beyond reproach) has been more commonly adopted. An early twentieth-century edition of Sara Coleridge's (1802-1852) translation of French author Jacque de Mailles' biography of the Chevalier, first printed in 1825. The only daughter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, this was Sara's second published work, following her translation of Dobrizhoffer's book on Paraguay, Historia de Abiponibus (1784), issued by John Murray in 1822. . 16mo., George Newnes Limited, 0<

1906, ISBN: a10758ca242d36bc10d437ad1c05bc34

[PU: George Newnes Limited [1906], London], HISTORY, xv, [1], 355pp, [1]. With an illustrated frontispiece. Original publisher’s blue cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbe… More...

[PU: George Newnes Limited [1906], London], HISTORY, xv, [1], 355pp, [1]. With an illustrated frontispiece. Original publisher’s blue cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Decorated endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (c. 1476-1524), renowned French Knight, commonly known as Chevalier de Bayard. The epitome of chivalric virtue, Bayard was one of the most renowned military commanders of the sixteenth century Europe. He served with distinction under Charles VIII, securing numerous victories during the First Italian War. UnderÂLouis XII he was the hero of many combats; on one occasion he is said to have single-handedly defended a bridge over the Garigliano against 200 Spanish troops, an exploit that brought him such renown that PopeÂJulius IIÂsought unsuccessfully to entice him into the papal service. In 1508 he fought at the siege of Genoa and, later, at Padua. Despite being severely wounded at Brescia, he nevertheless enthusiastically joined theÂBattle of RavennaÂ(1512). In 1515, on the accession of Francis I, he was made lieutenant general ofÂDauphinà , notably holding Mà zià res with 1,000 men against the opposing forces of Holy Roman emperor Charles V totalling 35,000 troops. He was totally wounded whilst campaigning in Italy in 1524, dying in the midst of the enemy. For his unwavering gaiety and kindness his contemporaries dubbed him 'le bon chevalier'; as the centuries have passed the epithet e chevalier sans peur et sans reproche (the knight without fear and beyond reproach) has been more commonly adopted. An early twentieth-century edition of Sara Coleridge's (1802-1852) translation of French author Jacque de Mailles' biography of the Chevalier, first printed in 1825. The only daughter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, this was Sara's second published work, following her translation of Dobrizhoffer's book on Paraguay, Historia de Abiponibus (1784), issued by John Murray in 1822. Size: 16mo<

1906, ISBN: a10758ca242d36bc10d437ad1c05bc34

[PU: George Newnes Limited [1906], London], HISTORY, xv, [1], 355pp, [1]. With an illustrated frontispiece. Original publisher’s blue cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbe… More...

[PU: George Newnes Limited [1906], London], HISTORY, xv, [1], 355pp, [1]. With an illustrated frontispiece. Original publisher’s blue cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Decorated endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (c. 1476-1524), renowned French Knight, commonly known as Chevalier de Bayard. The epitome of chivalric virtue, Bayard was one of the most renowned military commanders of the sixteenth century Europe. He served with distinction under Charles VIII, securing numerous victories during the First Italian War. UnderÂLouis XII he was the hero of many combats; on one occasion he is said to have single-handedly defended a bridge over the Garigliano against 200 Spanish troops, an exploit that brought him such renown that PopeÂJulius IIÂsought unsuccessfully to entice him into the papal service. In 1508 he fought at the siege of Genoa and, later, at Padua. Despite being severely wounded at Brescia, he nevertheless enthusiastically joined theÂBattle of RavennaÂ(1512). In 1515, on the accession of Francis I, he was made lieutenant general ofÂDauphinà , notably holding Mà zià res with 1,000 men against the opposing forces of Holy Roman emperor Charles V totalling 35,000 troops. He was totally wounded whilst campaigning in Italy in 1524, dying in the midst of the enemy. For his unwavering gaiety and kindness his contemporaries dubbed him 'le bon chevalier'; as the centuries have passed the epithet e chevalier sans peur et sans reproche (the knight without fear and beyond reproach) has been more commonly adopted. An early twentieth-century edition of Sara Coleridge's (1802-1852) translation of French author Jacque de Mailles' biography of the Chevalier, first printed in 1825. The only daughter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, this was Sara's second published work, following her translation of Dobrizhoffer's book on Paraguay, Historia de Abiponibus (1784), issued by John Murray in 1822. Size: 16mo<