Tales for children from many lands: double volume. Bayard: the good knight without fear and without reproach...& a wonder book..
by HARE, Christopher. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1939]. 127pp, [1]; 127pp, [1]. With 16 illustrated coloured plates by Herbert Cole and H. Granville Fell. Original publisherâs red cloth, lettered in black. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. 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. . 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ22427
- Title
- Tales for children from many lands: double volume. Bayard: the good knight without fear and without reproach...& a wonder book..
- Author
- HARE, Christopher. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1939]
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- Size
- 8vo
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Wareham, Dorset
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