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Lot 135

ANGELO (DOMENICO)
L'école des armes... The School of Fencing, with a General Explanation of the Principal Attitudes and Positions Peculiar to the Art, S. Hooper, 1765

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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ANGELO (DOMENICO)

L'école des armes... The School of Fencing, with a General Explanation of the Principal Attitudes and Positions Peculiar to the Art, titles and text in French and English, 47 engraved plates by Ruyland and Hall after J. Gruyn, a few plates foxed, light offsetting, 2 or 3 plates with short tears or paper flaws within platemark but no loss, contemporary half calf, disbound [Cohen-de-Ricci, p.83], oblong folio (460 x 295mm.), S. Hooper, 1765

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Provenance: Unidentified bookplate with crest of an ass's head holding an arrow, the motto "Faire mon devoir."

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