ALFIERI (FRANCESCO FERDINANDO)
La scherma, 2 parts in 1, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved pictorial title, engraved portrait of the author, 35 engraved illustrations depicting fencing positions (numbered 1-19, 21-31, and 33-37, but complete) [Thimm, p.6; Vigeant, p.26], 1640; La picca, e la bandiera, 2 parts, with separate title (dated 1638) to 'La Bandiera', full-page engraved armorial in part 1, 4 engraved portraits (the author, and Lodovico Vidman repeated in each part), 40 full-page engraved illustrations (12 of pikemen; 28 of flag men), 1641[-1638], 3 works bound in 1, woodcut ornaments and headings, later calf, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, red edges, slightly rubbed, small oblong 4to (150 x 195mm.), Padua, Sebastiano Sardi
Footnotes:
Attractively bound set of three works by Francesco Ferdinando Alfieri, Master of Arms of the Accademia Delia in his native Padua, devoted to fencing, pikes and the art of the flag.
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