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141 - [FENCING]. SCHMIDT (Johann Andreas). Leib-beschirmende und F…
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[FENCING]. SCHMIDT (Johann Andreas). Leib-beschirmende und Feinden Trotz-bietende Fecht-Kunst. Nuremberg, Johann Christoph Weigel, 1713. In-8 oblong, half vellum with corners, smooth spine, spotted edges (Binding of the period). First edition of this rare German fencing treatise, illustrated with 84 full-page copper-engraved plates, 12 of which are printed outside the text. Missing the portrait of the author; first quire rebacked (small marginal repair to 2 ff.); 4 lim. ff. of Vorrede erroneously bound between pp. 370 and 374. Interior browned and pitted, as is often the case. Vigeant, 120 - Gelli, 281 - Thimm, 260 -Pardoel, n°2365.
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About the sale Antiquarian books from the 15th to the 19th century - Astronomy
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