Fencing from Florilegius

Complete section on Escrime (fencing) from the Encyclopedie (Encyclopedia) Edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert Illustrated with elegant engravings of 48 attacking and defensive poses The copperplates were engraved by Robert Benard and Benoit-Louis Prevost after illustrations in The School of Fencing published in London in 1763 by Italian fencing master Domenico Angelo. (Fig. 1 is a portrait of Angelo.) All… Read more about this item

Good copy of the first English octavo edition with plates by Thomas Rowlandson of this classic fencing manual. Complete with 47 engraved plates of classic fencing positions on 44 sheets. The original 1787 edition, the first to include plates redrawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson. All plates dated 1783. The first octavo edition of Domenico Angelo's renowned guide to swordsmanship, first published… Read more about this item

Rare first edition of this 17th century French military exercise book covering mostly musket drills, but also pike, sword and grenade. L'art militaire françois, pour l'infanterie. Contenant l'exercise et le maniement des armes, tant des officiers que de soldats, réprésenté par des figures en taille-douce dessinées d'après nature. Frontispiece, iv, 174 (of 178), and 83 (of 85) engraved copperplates, each captioned… Read more about this item