ANGELO, Henry Charles William (1760-1839?). A Treatise on the Utility and Advantages of Fencing ... to which is added a dissertation on the use of the broad sword . London: George Smeeton for the author, 1817. Oblong 2° (322 x 490mm). 47 plates after John Gwyn by Hall, W. Ryland, C. Grignon, W. Elliot, T. Chambers and J. Gwin, 6 on the broad sword by T. Rowlandson dated 1798-99, engraved portrait of the Chevalier de St. George by W. Ward after Mather Brown with slip containing an address to the reader tipped in. (Light spotting, small dampstain in final 9 leaves and plates.) Contemporary cloth wrappers (spine slightly worn). FIRST EDITION. The first 47 plates appeared in Domenico Angelo's (Henry's father) Ecole des Armes , and in his address to the reader Angelo states that it is his intention in re-publishing them to "convince the Nobility and Gentry of the utility of the art" of fencing; the plates "may preserve the remembrance of the personal instruction which [the student has] received." Angelo counts among his former pupils the daughters of Sir George Rumbold and actresses in the theatre, including Mrs. Barry and Mrs. Goodall. The work ends with a biographical memoir of the Guadaloupan fencing master, the Chevalier de St. George. Thimm pp.10-11; Vigeant p.30.
ANGELO, Henry Charles William (1760-1839?). A Treatise on the Utility and Advantages of Fencing ... to which is added a dissertation on the use of the broad sword . London: George Smeeton for the author, 1817. Oblong 2° (322 x 490mm). 47 plates after John Gwyn by Hall, W. Ryland, C. Grignon, W. Elliot, T. Chambers and J. Gwin, 6 on the broad sword by T. Rowlandson dated 1798-99, engraved portrait of the Chevalier de St. George by W. Ward after Mather Brown with slip containing an address to the reader tipped in. (Light spotting, small dampstain in final 9 leaves and plates.) Contemporary cloth wrappers (spine slightly worn). FIRST EDITION. The first 47 plates appeared in Domenico Angelo's (Henry's father) Ecole des Armes , and in his address to the reader Angelo states that it is his intention in re-publishing them to "convince the Nobility and Gentry of the utility of the art" of fencing; the plates "may preserve the remembrance of the personal instruction which [the student has] received." Angelo counts among his former pupils the daughters of Sir George Rumbold and actresses in the theatre, including Mrs. Barry and Mrs. Goodall. The work ends with a biographical memoir of the Guadaloupan fencing master, the Chevalier de St. George. Thimm pp.10-11; Vigeant p.30.
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