Lot 10
AGRIPPA, Camillo. Trattato di scienza d'arme. Venice, 1604. Third edition.
Sale 1241 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Nov 10, 2023
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AGRIPPA, Camillo (1510s-1595). Trattato di scienza d'arme, et un dialogo in detta materia. Venice: Roberto Meghetti, 1604.
4to (216 x 155 mm). Engraved title-page; 52 engraved plates. (Some intermittent light staining.) Contemporary vellum, spine gilt-lettered (some soiling). Provenance: Royal United Services Institute (blind stamp on title-page).
Third edition, first published in 1557, printed using the same engraved title-page and plates as the second edition of 1568. Agrippa's work "treats the use of the side sword in a revolutionary new method based on geometry, and was highly influential in the development of the Verdadera destreza as well as 17th century Italian rapier fencing" (Wiktenauer). Cockle 745 note; not in Pardoel; Thimm p.4.
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