2020
ADDITIONS |
|
Copyright © Malcolm Fare 2010 - 2025 |
Among the latest acquisitions are: |
|
|
|
|
-
3. Near pair German early 18th c. foils, one blade stamped IN SOLINGIN (last vowel unusually I instead of E), felt pad between handle and crossbar in the German style (unlike the Italian style where the pad is next to the guard - see No. 12).
|
|
|
|
-
5. Hutton’s The Swordsman, 1891, de luxe edition bound in gold-blocked vellum with title, portrait of Hutton with sabre in hand and his signature on upper cover.
|
|
|
|
- 7. Roland’s A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing, 1823, contemporary calf binding with blind embossed decoration and gilt decorated spine.
|
|
|
|
-
9. Rosaroll-Scorza & Grisetti’s La Scienza Della Scherma, 1803, with 10 folding lithographs, gilt panelled red morocco binding with gilt decorated spine.
|
|
- 10. Vigeant’s Un Maître d'Armes sous la Restauration, 1883, with Toupie Lowther bookplate of a mask and crossed foils, red morocco binding with ornate gilt decoration to inside cover borders surrounding marbled end papers.
|
<
|
- 11. Swiss Art Nouveau silver sup presented at a tournament in 1917 between French and Belgian internees in Neuchatel, Switzerland, and Swiss army officers.
|
|
- 12. Near pair Italian early 18th c. foils stamped IN SOLINGEN / A SOLINGEN, cup guards connected to curving crossbar bound with leather strip.
|
|
- 13. French bronze medal by Marthe Schwenk showing a woman holding a foil and mask, the blade bisecting her face, reverse showing two pairs of foilists in action, rim dated 1967.
|
|
-
14. Hope’s A New, Short, and Easy Method of Fencing, 1744, folding copperplate with 16 figures, set of rules for fencing schools, bookplate of Egerton Castle, showing a 17th century swordsman standing in front of a leaded window.
|
|
|
|
|