2005 ADDITIONS
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Copyright © Malcolm Fare 2008-2015 |
Among the latest acquisitions are: |
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- case
of late 19th century Italian duelling foils with scabbards – used
by the popular Italian politician and survivor of 32 duels, Felice
Cavalotti, whose last fatal duel was vividly described by Aldo
Nadi in The Living Sword
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- the earliest pair of fencing
epees to be precisely dated - presented to John Latham at Edinburgh
Collegiate School in 1877
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a pair of beautifully
engraved chrome-plated prize sabres presented to the winner
of a tournament for masters and amateurs in Vienna in 1898
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- the first fencing equipment catalogue issued
by Souzy in 1880
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- a copy of Cyrano
de Bergerac by Edmund Rostand, 1899, in a magnificent morocco binding
by the master bookbinder Charles Meunier
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- Engraving by Frédéric
Régamey of a match between the respective professional champions
of France and Italy, Kirchhoffer and Conte, in 1896
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