Lot 182
Olivier, Jean
Fencing Familiarized
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
or a New Treatise on the Art of the Small Sword. London: John Bell, 1780. Second edition, 8vo (20.6 x 11.5cm), 20th-century half morocco, rebacked with original spine laid down, all edges gilt, engraved frontispiece and 13 folding plates, 2 sets of engraved arms in the text, title-pages and text in English and French, bookplate of Raymond Riling (1896-1974), author of Guns and Shooting: A Select Chronological Bibliography, plates toned and offset, plates 2-4 and 13 without numbers (possibly cropped by binder), plate 3 with split and faint adhesive residue at foot of fold [ESTC T135608, 3 copies in UK libraries; Pardoel 450; Thimm p. 128];
Hutton, Alfred. Fixed Bayonets: a Complete System of Fence for the British Magazine Rifle. London: William Clowes and Sons, Limited, 1890. First edition, large 8vo, original maroon pictorial cloth, frontispiece and 23 plates, loss to spine-ends, ink-stamps of the Admiralty library to prelims;
Betts, J. The Sword and How to Use it. London: Gale & Polden, Limited, c.1908. First edition, 8vo, original red boards printed in black, 12 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, printer's slip tipped to title-page, ink-stamp of the War Office General Staff library dated 1908 to front board and title, shelfmark label taped to foot of spine;
Castle, Egerton. Schools and Masters of Fence from the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century. London: George Bell and Sons, 1885. First edition, 4to, original cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, etched frontispiece, 6 collotype plates (one chipped in margin), bookplate of the Royal Artillery Institution, related ink-stamp to half-title and title-page;
Steinmetz, Andrew. The Romance of Duelling in all Times and Countries. London: Chapman and Hall, 1868. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, rebacked with original spines laid down, bookplates;
and 10 others on fencing and swordsmanship
Footnote
Note: Olivier's work was first published in 1771; this second edition has new plates.