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Lot 194
Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021
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McARTHUR, John (1755-1840). The Army and Navy Gentleman's Companion; or a New and Complete Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Fencing. London: for J. Murray, 1784.
4to (256 x 204 mm). Engraved frontispiece after James Sowerby, engraved title-page, 19 engraved plates (most folding). (A few minor spots.) Contemporary mottled calf gilt (rebacked, some wear). Provenance: T. S. Sands (gift inscription from Louis V. Ledoux, 1936).
Second edition, preceded by the first edition of 1781, the success of which "induced the author to bestow some labour and attention in revising, correcting, and improving this Edition; to which he has added a copious Glossary of the technical terms" (Introduction).
Property from Historic Sengen House, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York