77/2402 [Fencing]. Capoferro, R. Gran Simulacro dell' Arte, e dell' Uso della Scherma. Siena, E. Gori, 1629, 2nd ed., (3),(38) [of 43] lvs. (recto only), large title-engraving w. portrait of the author, dedication ill. and 38 (of 43) ¾p. ills. by R. SCHIAMINOSSI, modern vellum w. title in pen and ink on spine, obl. 4to, in custom made slipcase.

- Lacks lvs. 1, 2, 14, 18 and 43; several lvs. w. carefully restored margins and corners.

= Pardoel 511; cf. Thimm p.44f (listing the 1st edition of 1610 and the "2nd" of 1652); cf. The Mokken Collection 14 (1st ed. 1610); cf. Vigeant p.43f (idem). "Of all the Italian works on fencing, none ever had such a share in fixing the principles of the science" (Thimm); "Capoferrus, un des principaux auteurs italiens, est regardé comme chef d'école et le livre qu'il a composé mérite, non seulement d'être recherché comme oeuvre bibliographique, mais aussi comme traité original et pratique" (Vigeant). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCII.