The Compleat Fencing-Master: in which is fully described all the Guards, Parades and Lessons, belonging to the small-sword; as, also The best rules for Playing against either Artists or Ignorants, with blunts or sharps. Together With Directions how to Behave in Single Combat on Horse-Back : Illustrated with Figures representing the most necessary Postures.

HOPE (Sir William)

Published by Printed for Dorman Newman at the King's-Arms in the Poultry, LONDON, 1691

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un volume (155 x 100 mm), [12] ff. 167 pp. [8] ff. Reliure en basane brune, dos à nerfs (reliure ancienne). ( PREMIER PLAT MANQUANT, dos frotté avec des manques, second plat détaché et frotté, pages de gardes manquantes, exemplaire rogné, brunissures, IL MANQUE LA PLANCHE n° 11, petite perte de papier au feuillet 151-152, important manque à la planche 5 avec la présence d'une restauration maladroite, coupures et petit manque aux planches 6-7-8, erreur de pagination : lire " 167 " au lieu de " 197 " ). Deuxième édition de cet important traité sur l'escrime. 11 PLANCHES GRAVÉES (sur 12). Exemplaire à relier. RARE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Compleat Fencing-Master: in which is fully described all the Guards, Parades and Lessons, belonging to the small-sword; as, also The best rules for Playing against either Artists or Ignorants, with blunts or sharps. Together With Directions how to Behave in Single Combat on Horse-Back : Illustrated with Figures representing the most necessary Postures.
• Publisher: Printed for Dorman Newman at the King's-Arms in the Poultry, LONDON
• Publication Date: 1691
• Language: English
• Binding: Couverture rigide
• Condition: Mauvais