Renaissance Swordsmanship : The Illustrated Book Of Rapiers And Cut And Thrust Swords And Their Use

144p, illustrated. In glossy card covers (covers rubbed at edges, one short corner crease). The first three leaves have tiny corner creases, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 4to. One of the most thorough works on historical European swordsmanship ever published, serves both as a general reference and an instructional guide for beginning and advanced sword enthusiasts, students of military history and martial artists. A detailed description of Renaissance sword-fighting techniques, draw from 16th and 17th manuscripts, with more than 100 pages of original drawings of stances, grips, parries, thrusts etc.