17^th Century Books

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$55	Meyer, Joachim	Kunst des Fechtens	German	1600	Plates	same as 1570
$17	Fabris, Salvator	De Lo Schermo Overo Scienza d’Arme	Italian w/ German Translation	1606/ 1713	192 plates	Rapier, Rapier and Dagger, Rapier and Cloak, Dagger vs. Unarmed.
$12	Giganti, Nicoletto	Scola Overo teatro…	Italian	1610	plates	Rapier, Rapier & Dagger
$25	Capo Ferro, Ridolfo	Gran Simulacro	Italian	1610	43 plates	Rapier, Rapier & Dagger, Rapier & Cloak, Rapier and Rotella
$7	Selden, Mr.	The Duello	English	1610	No Plates	Duelling
$10	Heussler, S.	Neues Kunstliches Fechtbuch	German translation	1612	plates	Rapier, Rapier and dagger, Rapier & cloak, Rapier & buckler, Rapier vs. Spear, Dagger vs. unarmed.
$7	Gentleman, GH	The Private Schoole of Defence	English	1614	No Plates	Rapier, Rapier & Dagger, Theory
$5	Quintino, Antonio	Gioiello di Sapienza	Italian	1614	Plates	Rapier, Rapier & Dagger, Rapier & Cloak, varied inventions, Defending from wild animals, useful medicines
$21	Swetnam, Joseph	The School of the Noble and Worthy Science of Defence	English	1617	Plates	Rapier and Dagger, Backsword, Longsword, Shortsword, Staff
$12	Koppen, Joachimo	Newer diskurs von der rittermässigen und weitberühmten Kunst des Fechtens, u. s. w.	German	1619	Plates	Rapier
$5	Dancie, Francois	L’Espee de Combat ov l’usage de la tire des armes	French	1623	No Plates
$15	Narvaez, Don Luis Pacheco de	Modo Facil Y Nuevo para examinarse los maestros en la Destreza de las Armas (from Vindel’s Antiguos)	Spanish	1625	No Plates	Spanish Rapier
$15	Narvaez, Don Luis Pacheco de	Advertencias Para La Ensenanza de la filosofia y destreza de las Armas (from Vindel’s Antiguos)	Spanish	1625	No Plates	Spanish Rapier
$15	Capo Ferro, Ridolfo	Gran Simulacro	Italian	1632	43 plates	Rapier, Rapier & Dagger, Rapier & Cloak, Rapier and Rotella
& See Below &	Capo Ferro, Ridolfo	Gran Simulacro	Italian	1610 + 1632	Plates from both editions	Rapier, Rapier & Dagger, Rapier & Cloak, Rapier and Rotella
$6	By the Author	Pallas Armata; The Gentleman’s Armorie	English	1639	Plates	Rapier
$28	Alfieri, Francesco	La Scherma	Italian	1640	plates	Rapier, Rapier & Dagger, Rapier & Cloak, Pike (Picca), Flag, 2 handed.
$10	Cala, Christoval	Desengano de la espada y Norte de diestros (from Vindel’s Antiguos Tratados)	Spanish	1642	No Plates	Spanish Rapier
$4	Petter, Nicolaes	Klare Onderrichtinge der Voortreffelijcke Worstel-Konst	Dutch	1674	Many Plates	Wrestling, Dagger vs unarmed. Double dagger vs unarmed.
$30	Ettenhard	Compendio	Spanish	1675	Several plates	Spanish Rapier
$3	Elder?	The Art of Defence (a collection of Plates)	English	1680?	Collection of plates	Smallsword, Smallsword & Dagger
$45	Marcelli, Francesco Antonio	Regole Della Scherma	Italian	1686	Plates	Rapier & Dagger, Rapier & Lantern, Rapier (cup hilts) vs ‘Sciabla’ (Sabre?). Discusses Rapier and other combos.
$9	Hope, Sir William	The Scots Fencing Master	Scottish	1687	plates	Smallsword, Smallsword vs Broadsword
$12	Hope, Sir William	The Compleat Fencing - Master	Scottish	1691	plates	Smallsword, Smallsword vs Broadsword
$17	Hope, Sir William	The Swordman’s Vade-mecum	Scottish	1691	No plates	His Rules of Fence
$9	Liancour, Sieur de	Le Maitre D'Armes du L'Exercice de L'Epee	French	1692
$10	Howlet, Robert	The school of recreation	English	1696	No plates	Military Discipline on foot and Horse, Rapier/Smallsword
$35	Mazo, Bondi di	La Spada Maestra	Italian	1696	Plates	Rapier, Rapier and Dagger, Rapier and Cloak vs. Rapier and Buckler
$12	Tamariz, D. Nicolas	Cartilla, Y Lvz en la Verdadera Destreza	Spanish	1696	2Diagram	Rapier
$14	Ettenhard	Diestro Italiano y Espanol	Spanish	1697	Several plates	Spanish Rapier vs Italian Rapier
$6	Mars, His Field	The Exercise of Arms	English	17th cen.	Many Plates	Military Drills

& This is a republished facsimile copy with plates from both text and is beautifully laid out. It’s a limited edition with only 500 printed. You can order a copy from Gérard Six at gerard.six2@freesbee.fr. He also has many other books for sale, so contact him for a list.

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