The school of fencing : with a general explanation of the principal attitudes and positions peculiar to the art / Domenico Angelo ; edited and presented by Jared Kirby ; notes by Jeannette Acosta-Martinez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angelo, Domenico, 1717?-1802.

Contributor:

Kirby, Jared.

Acosta-Martiþnez, Jeannette.

Standardized Title:

Ecole des armes. English.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Fencing--Early works to 1800.

Fencing.

Physical Description:

144 pages : illustrations ; 16 x 25 cm

Edition:

[New edition].

Place of Publication:

London ; Stackpole Books : Greenhill Books, 2005, 1787.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

The School of Fencing was first presented in 1763 by Domenico Angelo in French as L'Ecole des Armes. It remained the most popular book on fencing for more than fifty years, being translated and republished five times in two decades. Before taking the throne as King George III, a young Edward, Duke of York and his brother, George the Prince of Wales, were both students of Domenico Angelo. His text was so influential that it was chosen to appear under the subject of Fencing in the famous Encyclopidie edited by Diderot and d'Alembert. This new edition is completely annotated by Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Martinez, who is currently the foremost expert in French smallsword. This edition also includes a short history of Domenico Angelo's life by the editor Jared Kirby.

Notes:

"First published as L'Ecole des armes in 1763. The first solely English edition, which this edition follows, was published in 1787"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-144)

ISBN:

1853676268

OCLC:

57354266