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ANGELO Domenico

The School of Fencing with a General Explanation of the Principal Attitudes and Positions Peculiar to the Art

London
1787

€500 - €900

8vo oblong, VIII, 105, [8] pp, with 47 numbered ill. on 44 engraved plates showing 2 men fencing in many different positions. (some stains on title, minor spotting, sm. tear in lower margin of p. 29) Later long-grained burgundy morocco spine, contemporary boards

Angelo Domenico was an Italian fencing master who moved to England and established Angelo's School of Arms in Soho. The original edition (London 1763) is the most important book on fencing ever published in England. Ref. Thimm 10. Vigeant 29

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