| Title: | Bigenio, or, History of an hermaphrodite |
| Alternate title: | The Surprising adventures of Bigenio, an hermaphrodite, or human being, endowed with the propensities of both sexes; : containing, A true account of its birth, education, and subsequent seduction by its tutor; eloping from home; turning thief; intrigues at Bath and on the road to London; arrival at the Metropolis; entrapped by M-- S----, the old bawd of Drury Lane--description of her house and inmates; hires himself as lady's maid to Mrs. D.; found out by the husband--gets horsewhipped and escapes; takes lodgings at the West End of the town, where he entraps the son of a banker, who marries him--is found out and again escapes with upwards of £500, the marriage present; flies to York, where the rich old maid Miss Dornton falls in love with him at an assembly, whom he marries, and in a short period absconds with £2,000 and upwards, eluding all trace, although he has been lately seen passing in Oxford Street, and thence down Bond Street. |
| Alternate title: | History of an hermaphrodite |
| Alternate title: | Bigenio |
| Author: | Bailey, J. (John), active 1799-1825 |
| Note: | London : Printed by J. Bailey, 116, Chancery Lane, 1824., 1824 |
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| Subject: | Gender nonconformity |
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| Subject: | Gender-nonconforming people |
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| Subject: | Gender-nonconforming people -- Portraits |
| Subject: | History |
| Subject: | Identité de genre -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- Sources |
| Subject: | Identité de genre -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Sources |
| Subject: | Intersex people |
| Subject: | Intersex people in literature |
| Subject: | Intersex people -- Biography |
| Subject: | Intersex people -- History -- Sources |
| Subject: | Intersexuality |
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| Subject: | Intersexués dans la littérature |
| Subject: | Intersexués -- Biographies |
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