Domenico Angelo, The School of Fencing, 1763
Domenico Angelo, The School of Fencing, 1763
L'ecole des armes, avec l'explication générale des principales attitudes et positions concernant l'escrime. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1763. First Edition
oblong folio (289 x 457mm.), 47 engraved plates, marbled boards, half leather with corners, gilt letters on spine (worn), signature to title page
The work is dedicated by Angelo to the Duke of Gloucester [William Henry] and Prince Henry-Frederic, from whom he had received 'The Honor ... of teaching ... the Art of Fencing
Angelo,from Livorno Italy, trained in France, was appointed as Royal Fencing Instructor by George II where he trained the future King, George III, in fencing. He ran an a fencing school in Soho and then at Eton and was a friend of David Garrick. The plates were designed by John Gwyn and drawn from life with Angelo as the model. These plates were subsequently used by the compilers of Diderot's Encyclopédie
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent
Domenico Angelo, The School of Fencing, 1763
L'ecole des armes, avec l'explication générale des principales attitudes et positions concernant l'escrime. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1763. First Edition
oblong folio (289 x 457mm.), 47 engraved plates, marbled boards, half leather with corners, gilt letters on spine (worn), signature to title page
The work is dedicated by Angelo to the Duke of Gloucester [William Henry] and Prince Henry-Frederic, from whom he had received 'The Honor ... of teaching ... the Art of Fencing
Angelo,from Livorno Italy, trained in France, was appointed as Royal Fencing Instructor by George II where he trained the future King, George III, in fencing. He ran an a fencing school in Soho and then at Eton and was a friend of David Garrick. The plates were designed by John Gwyn and drawn from life with Angelo as the model. These plates were subsequently used by the compilers of Diderot's Encyclopédie
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent
Domenico Angelo, The School of Fencing, 1763
L'ecole des armes, avec l'explication générale des principales attitudes et positions concernant l'escrime. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1763. First Edition
oblong folio (289 x 457mm.), 47 engraved plates, marbled boards, half leather with corners, gilt letters on spine (worn), signature to title page
The work is dedicated by Angelo to the Duke of Gloucester [William Henry] and Prince Henry-Frederic, from whom he had received 'The Honor ... of teaching ... the Art of Fencing
Angelo,from Livorno Italy, trained in France, was appointed as Royal Fencing Instructor by George II where he trained the future King, George III, in fencing. He ran an a fencing school in Soho and then at Eton and was a friend of David Garrick. The plates were designed by John Gwyn and drawn from life with Angelo as the model. These plates were subsequently used by the compilers of Diderot's Encyclopédie
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent