La Belle Assemblée, volume I, Parts I & II (11 issues of the first year of publication and a special issue printed at the end of the year). With 22 hand-colored fashion prints. London: J. Bell, Gallery of fine arts, February-December, 1806. English. The British women's magazine La Belle Assemblée was founded by publisher John Bell (1745-1831). Volume includes 62 plates (some folding) – portraits of aristocratic English women, musical notes, embroidery patterns, and 22 fashion prints (hand-colored). Few plates may be missing. 610 pp. (issues paginated consecutively) + [62] plates, 23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Closed and open tears to edges of some pages. Tears along fold lines of some plates. Blemishes and wear to cover.