[Fencing] Two titles: (1) Villardita, G. Trattato della scherma Siciliana,

ove si mostra di seconda intentione con una linea retta; difendersi di qualsivoglia operatione di resolutione, che operata per ferire à qualunque, ò di punta, ò taglio, che accadesse in accidente di questionarsi. Con espressione di tutte le regole: che nascono di seconda operatione. Palermo, Carlo Adamo, 1673, 16,(4) p., 19th cent. giltlettered hmor, 12mo. Very rare first and only edition of the second part of a handbook of the Sicilian-Neapolitan school of fencing, published as a continuation of Villardita's treatise La scherma Siciliana ridotta in compendio (Palermo, 1670). The first part dealt primarily with offense, this second part primarily tackles defence. Thimm, p. 324-325; Vigeant, p. 131. (2) Böessière the younger, Texier la. Traité de l'art des armes, a l'usage des professeurs et des amateurs. Paris, Didot Ainé, 1818, XXII,309 p., w. 20 fold. engr. plates, cont. marbled sheepskin, gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece. A few plates cut sl. short at top but only affecting plate numbers. Binding restored w. orig. backstrip laid down. Pardoel 396; Thimm, p. 33; Vigeant, p. 38-39. First edition of this famous fencing-manual.

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