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THIBAULT, Girard. Academie de l'Espee ... où se démonstrent par reigles mathématiques sur le fondement d'un cercle mystérieux la théorie et pratique des vrais et iusqu'à présent incognus secrets du maniement des armes à pieds et à cheval. [Leiden: B. and A. Elzevier], 1628.
2 volumes, 2° (554 x 436mm). Engraved title-page, portrait of the author after Bailly, 9 armorial dedication plates and 44 engraved plates only by A. Bolsweart, Crispin de Pas, Stockius and others, all except one double-page. (Some slight marginal soiling, five plates with vertical creases, a few leaves of text with occasional rust holes and light browning, lacking tabula XXII and second tabula I). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt fillet, red edges (extremities rubbed, volume 1 and 2 rebacked retaining original backstrips, hinges cracked). Provenance: Kirkleatham Library (bookplate and shelf number); Cholmely Turner (armorial bopokplate).
A fine copy of the one of the most extravagant books on fencing ever produced: 'Somptueuse publication, imprimée en grands et beaux caractéres sur un papier très fort, et recherchée encore aujourd'hui à cause des magnifiques planches dont elle est ornée' (Willems 302). This copy without, as is usual, the colophon. The Versailles copy having a colophon leaf with the Elzeviers' imprint. Brunet V-817. (2)
2 volumes, 2° (554 x 436mm). Engraved title-page, portrait of the author after Bailly, 9 armorial dedication plates and 44 engraved plates only by A. Bolsweart, Crispin de Pas, Stockius and others, all except one double-page. (Some slight marginal soiling, five plates with vertical creases, a few leaves of text with occasional rust holes and light browning, lacking tabula XXII and second tabula I). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt fillet, red edges (extremities rubbed, volume 1 and 2 rebacked retaining original backstrips, hinges cracked). Provenance: Kirkleatham Library (bookplate and shelf number); Cholmely Turner (armorial bopokplate).
A fine copy of the one of the most extravagant books on fencing ever produced: 'Somptueuse publication, imprimée en grands et beaux caractéres sur un papier très fort, et recherchée encore aujourd'hui à cause des magnifiques planches dont elle est ornée' (Willems 302). This copy without, as is usual, the colophon. The Versailles copy having a colophon leaf with the Elzeviers' imprint. Brunet V-817. (2)
