Oblong 4to (214 x 307 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece; 56 engraved plates by Giuseppe Rados. Contemporary Italian green calf-backed green paper-covered boards gilt. (Some light wear to extremities, hinges repaired and endpapers likely renewed). Provenance: Two partially-effaced stamps on title-page; J. G. Castanet (bookplate); sold Coutau-Bégarie, 27 June 2015, lot 139. 

FIRST EDITION OF GAMBOGI'S RARE FENCING TREATISE, dedicated to Count Francesco Annoni. Gambogi describes the Italian, French, Spanish, and German schools of fencing and the small sword, with 3 plates illustrating various weapons, and 53 depicting various postures and positions. VERY RARE: According to online records, only two other copies of Gambogi's work have sold at auction in the last 50 years. Pardoel 753; Thimms p.109.