Lot 256
Fencing.- Agocchie (Giovanni dall') Dell'arte di scrimia libri tre, scarce first edition, Venice, Giulio Tamborino, 1572.
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Fencing.- Agocchie (Giovanni dall') Dell'arte di scrimia libri tre, first edition, collation: A-V4, woodcut printer's device to title, 2 woodcut diagrams in text, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking final blank, some spotting or mostly light foxing, lightly browned, hinges cracked, but binding holding, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, small hole to upper cover, some staining, small 4to (202 x 146mm.), Venice, Giulio Tamborino, 1572.
⁂ Scarce first edition of this treatise on self defence with the side-sword. The author was a Bolognese fencing master.
Literature: Thimm p.3; Adams A331; EDIT 16 CNCE 15869.
Description
Fencing.- Agocchie (Giovanni dall') Dell'arte di scrimia libri tre, first edition, collation: A-V4, woodcut printer's device to title, 2 woodcut diagrams in text, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking final blank, some spotting or mostly light foxing, lightly browned, hinges cracked, but binding holding, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, small hole to upper cover, some staining, small 4to (202 x 146mm.), Venice, Giulio Tamborino, 1572.
⁂ Scarce first edition of this treatise on self defence with the side-sword. The author was a Bolognese fencing master.
Literature: Thimm p.3; Adams A331; EDIT 16 CNCE 15869.
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