[FENCING]. A group of 6 French 17th- and 18th-century works about Fencing, comprising: Lot 35

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[FENCING]. A group of 6 French 17th- and 18th-century works.

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[FENCING]. A group of 6 French 17th- and 18th-century works about Fencing, comprising:

Recueil des Edits, Declarations, Arrests, et autres Pieces Concernant les Duels & Renconires. Paris: Frederic Leonard, 1689. 8vo. Contemporary French calf. FIRST EDITION. Thimms p.237. -- BASNAGE, Jacques. Dissertation Historique sur les Duels. Amsterdam: Pierre Brunel, 1720. 8vo. Contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. Thimms p.24. -- BEAUPRE, Jean J. de. Methode tres Facile… N.p.: n.p., 1721. Square 8vo. Text in French and German; engraved plates. Contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. Thimms p.25-6. -- MARTIN, Le Sieur. Le Maistre d'Armes… Strassburg: Poel des Marechaux, 1737. 8vo. Engraved plates. Later boards with modern rebacking. FIRST EDITION. Thimms p.183. -- BRANTOME. Memoires… Contenant les Anecdotes Touchant les Duels. London: T. Wood and S. Palmer, 1739. 12mo. Contemporary French calf. Second edition. Thimms p. 37. -- CHAMPDEVAUX. Le Honneur Considere en lui-meme, et Relativement au Duel. Paris: Pierre-Alexandre Le Prieur, 1752. 8vo. Contemporary French calf. FIRST EDITION. Thimms p. 55. -- Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, condition generally very good.

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