Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco

30. LABAT, Jean-Fr. L’art en fait d’armes, ou de
l’épée seule, avec les attitudes… (Bound With:)
Questiones en fait d’armes, ou de l’épée.
Toulouse, 1696 and 1701, € 2.800
in-8. 2 works in one vol., contemporary full calf binding.
Two important works on fencing, the first illustrated by
24 scenes of duel on 12 engraved plates. Interesting combination
of 2 French works hardly ever appearing on the
market, which rank among the soundest treatises on practical
fencing. Labat two
works Labat was one of the
celebrated family of fencing
masters of the
Académie de Toulouse.
The second work is written
in the form of an
interview between a fencing
student and his
master. Vigeant p.761.
Pardoel 1417/18. Castle
p.XLI, 152. [13084]
31. LORY, Gabriel. Voyage pittoresque de Genève
à milan par le Simplon. Paris, Didot, 1811, €30.000
folio, printed text and 35 engraved plates, beautifully
coloured by a contemporary painter. First edition and first
issue, large paper copy, of this famous series of views of the
Alps: Geneva, Sion, Brieg, Simplon, Mount Rosa, Gondo,
Domodossola, Isola Bella, and others. Very fine copy, with
full margins, of one of the best sets of painted views of the
Alps and the Lake Maggiore Perret, 2694. Mandach, Les
Lory, 172-206. Lonchamp, 473. [14804]
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