Lot 14
AUDIGUIER, Vital d'. Le Vray et ancien usage des duels. Paris, 1617. FIRST EDITION.
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AUDIGUIER, Vital d' (1565-1624). Le Vray et ancien usage des duels, confirmé par l'exemple des plus illustres combats et deffys qui se soient faits en la Chrestienté. Paris: Pierre Billaine, 1617.
8vo (160 x 101 mm). Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt (joints starting, some light rubbing). Provenance: Armand Massard (1884-1971), French épée fencer and Olympian (bookplate); Jean Georgel, maître d'armes et Chenu-Tournier (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of d'Audiguier's rare treatise on fencing and duels. d'Audiguier's translations of Cervantes and Lazarille de Tormes enjoyed some success during his lifetime; he was killed over a gambling debt in the Faubourg Saint-Germain around 1624. Cockle Addenda 4; Pardoel 2042; Thimm p.20.
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