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Fabris (Salvator), DELLA VERA PRACTICA SCIENZA D'ARMI. I…

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Fabris (Salvator), DELLA VERA PRACTICA SCIENZA D'ARMI. I…
Fabris (Salvator)<P> DELLA VERA PRACTICA SCIENZA D'ARMI. Ills: J.V. Halbeek & others. Padua, 1624 (but Copenhagen, 1606 except for title and prelims). 3 parts in 1 vol. Folio. T.p. engraving. 2 portraits. 191 copper-plate engravings; - including extra illustration tipped-in at page 242. Some browning to 4 leaves, and some marginal worming in first part. Otherwise, a very nice copy in later vellum with turned edges. One of the earliest, and most important treatises on fencing and duelling. Believed to be the first book printed in Denmark to have copper engravings.<P>
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