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HOPE, WILLIAM - A New, Short, and Easy Method of Fencing: Or, the Art of the Broad and Small-Sword

Title: A New, Short, and Easy Method of Fencing: Or, the Art of the Broad and Small-Sword
Description: Edinburgh: James Watson, 1707. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 210mm x 170mm (8" x 7"). xviii, 288pp + plates. 2 fold-out plates: 'Scheme of Laws for Fencing Schools and Publick Assaulting' & 'New Method of Fencing'. A very early and rare treatise on fencing and sword-play.. G: in good condition. Rebacked with remains of original spine. Cloth reinforcements to inner hinges. New (contemporary) eps. Browning to pages. Worming (extinct) to prelims. Sporadic foxing, thumbing, and marking. Occasional ink annotations .

Keywords: Fencing Sports 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Military History

Price: GBP 1200.00 = appr. US$ 1713.58 Seller: Barter Books
- Book number: g6330

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