DOYLE, Alexander. Neu alamodische ritterliche Fecht- und Schirm-Kunst. 1715. -- Kurtze und deutliche Auslegung der Voltagier-Kunst. 1719. FIRST EDITIONS.
Sale 1336 - Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Worlds of Tomorrow, and Americana
Jun 7, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$1,000 -
$1,500
Sold for $889
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Lot Description
[FENCING]. DOYLE, Alexander. Neu alamodische ritterliche Fecht- und Schirm-Kunst. Das ist: Wahre und nach neuester Franzosischer Manier eingerichtete Unterweisung wie man sich in Fechten und Schirmen perfectioniren und verhalten solle. Nuremberg and Frankfort: Paul Lochnern, 1715.
Oblong 4to (152 x 204 mm). Title printed in red and black; 59 engraved plates (of 60, lacking portrait). (Some dampstaining, a few tears crossing plates and text with repairs.) Contemporary limp blind-tooled calf, top edge gilt, decorative paper pastedowns (spine repaired, some wear).
THE RARE FIRST EDITION of this work by Doyle, who is among the "most noteworthy masters whose names have come down to us chiefly through their treatises" (Castle). Doyle was born in Ireland, became a fighting master at the court in Mainz, and then became a fencing teacher in Nuremberg. EXCEEDINGLY RARE: We trace no copies of the first edition of this work at auction. Pardoel 383; Thimms p.82
[Bound with:] DOYLE. Kurtze und deutliche Auslegung der Voltagier-Kunst, sowol denen Meistern als Scholaren nutzlich... Nuremberg and Frankfurt: Paul Lochner, 1719. title printed in red and black; 60 engraved plates.
THE RARE FIRST EDITION of this continuation of Doyle's Neu Alamodische Ritterliche Fecht- und Schirm-Kunst, depicting men performing acrobatic acts on a model vaulting horse, and with a handful of plates depicting similar acts on a table and jumping tricks. VERY RARE: We trace only one copy of this work at auction in 50 years. Not in Pardoel; not in Thimms.
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