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Lot 25
Sale 1241 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Nov 10, 2023
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L'ABBAT, Jean. The Art of Fencing, Or, the Use of the Small Sword. Andrew Mahon, translator. Dublin: James Hoey, 1734.
8vo (193 x 119 mm). 12 engraved plates by Lud. du Dempsy; engraved head- and tail-pieces. Contemporary blind-ruled calf (old repairs, joints starting).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of l'Abbat's work, translated by Andrew Mahon, advocating for the French School of fencing and dedicated to George Sackville by the translator. Not in Pardoel; Thimms p.1.