Author: HOPE, WILLIAM
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 treatise on fencing and sword-play.. G: in good condition. Rebacked with remains of original spine. New eps. Cloth reinforcements to inner hinges. Some light foxing. Some extinct worming. Occasional ink underlining .

Keywords: Fencing Sports 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Military History


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