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115 - (Fencing) – 4 works.
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(Fencing) – 4 works. - LÉVI (Giorgio Enrico) & Jacopo GELLI. Bibliografia del duello. Milan, Hoepli, 1903 (Reprint, 2002). In-8, LII, 570 pp, [1 f], publisher’s cloth. Following G. E. Lévi’s lengthy preface comes the bibliographical section, divided into several chapters. Two indexes make this book easy to consult. With over 5,000 references, including collations and commentaries, this international bibliography remains the most comprehensive on the subject. - GELLI (Jacopo). Bibliografia generale della Scherma. Second edition... with appendix – General Bibliography of Fencing, with critical, biographical and historical notes. Second edition with supplement. Milan, Hoepli, 1895 (Reprint, 2004). In-8, XLIII, 600 pp, publisher’s cloth binding. Text in two columns (Italian and French side by side) featuring a few illustrations within the text. Index of authors. - LEGUINA (D. Enrique de). Bibliografia e Historia de la Esgrima Española. Madrid, 1904 (Reprint, 2000). In-8, 148 pp, publisher’s cloth binding. Following a brief introduction on fencing and duelling in Spain, the author provides a description, sometimes with commentary, of 290 Spanish and Portuguese books dating from the late 15th to the 19th century. Only 150 copies of the first edition were printed. - Catalogue of Mr Jacopo Gelli’s collection of works on fencing (public auction). Rome, 1912 (Reprint, 2005). In-8, [3 ff], 76 pp (378 entries), publisher’s cloth binding. Illustrations and title pages reproduced, often full-page.
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About the sale In preparation – The Jean-Paul Delon Bookshop Collection, Part I (Bibliography – Scholarship – Bibliophilia)
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