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Lot 139
Sale 5465 - The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer, Part III
Jan 30, 2020
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[Sports] [Boxing] Fewtrell, Thomas Boxing Reviewed; or, the Science of Manuel Defence, displayed on Rational Principles. Comprehending a Complete Description of the Principal Pugilists, From the earliest Period of Broughton's Time, ...
... to the present Day London: for Scatcherd and Whitaker, et al.,1790. First edition. 8vo. (i)-xi, [1], (1)-88 pp. Includes a discussion of Daniel Mendoza, "Universally known as a teacher of the science and a Boxer..." Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Thomas Johnson, "the first Pugilist in the World in action." Bound in 20th-century quarter maroon calf over purple cloth-covered boards, minor wear, spine ends lightly rubbed; frontispiece with discrete paper reinforcement, moderate toning and some dampstaining; some toning and offsetting on title-page; other minor marginal dampstaining and scattered soiling at front. ESTC N62554; Hartley, 664.