[Lady Juliana Berners in her Costume as Prioress of Sopewell Nunnery near St Albans.The Earliest English Sportswoman and Poetess of the Chase on record.]
[Drawn from an Antique by Brooke. Engraved by Percy Roberts.]
[Published by Sherwood & Co, July 1st 1825.]
Steel engraving, trimmed as a scrap. Printed area 130 x 80mm (5¼ x 3¼"). Trimmed around decorative border, losing all inscriptions.
Juliana Berners (or Barnes or Bernes, born 1388) was a Benedictine nun credited with writing 'The Boke of Saint Albans', first printed in 1488, one of the earliest collections of treatises about field sports. She is regarded as the first female author in the English language.
[Ref: 53398] £65.00
[Published by Sherwood & Co, July 1st 1825.]
Steel engraving, trimmed as a scrap. Printed area 130 x 80mm (5¼ x 3¼"). Trimmed around decorative border, losing all inscriptions.
Juliana Berners (or Barnes or Bernes, born 1388) was a Benedictine nun credited with writing 'The Boke of Saint Albans', first printed in 1488, one of the earliest collections of treatises about field sports. She is regarded as the first female author in the English language.
[Ref: 53398] £65.00