Lot 43
[Arms & Armor]: Roworth, Charles: The Art of Defence on Foot... First edition.
Sale 2101 - Books and Manuscripts
Sep 10, 2024
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Live / Philadelphia
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[Arms & Armor]: Roworth, Charles. The Art of Defence on Foot with the Broad Sword and Sabre
London: T. Egerton, 1798. First edition. 8vo. 108 pp. Illustrated with ten engraved plates, five folding. Blue-gray paper-covered boards, gray morocco spine label; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; gray endpapers; scattered light foxing; offsetting to some plates.
First edition of the oldest known British manual purely intended to teach military swordsmanship on foot.
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