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Old Sword Play: Techniques of the Great Masters

by Alfred Hutton

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Comprehensive, detailed instruction in the use of the two-hand sword, rapier and dagger, broadsword and buckler, rapier and cloak, and dagger and cloak, along with 59 illustrations, including diagrams and rare woodcuts, of classic fencing positions. Valuable information for scholars, sword-play enthusiasts, general readers and anyone interested in this age-old form of self-defense.

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Canonical title: Old Sword Play: Techniques of the Great Masters
Original title: Old Sword Play: Techniques of the Great Masters
Original publication date: 1892
First words: The ensuing lessons on “Old Sword Play” have been compiled from the works of various authors of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries; and it has been my intention so to arrange them as to make the antique ... (show all)methods accessible to the student without the labour of searching the pages of books in various languages, many of which are very difficult to procure, and much more so to understand.
Last words: (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Such are the leading features of the Fence of the eighteenth century, the end of which period brings us face to face with the art as it is practiced at the present time.
Original language: English UK

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Published: 1892
Genres: Sports and Leisure, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 796.86
LCC: U865 .H89

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