- 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 XCI.
- Occas. sl. browned/ foxed. = Thimm p.52; Pardoel 562.
- Contemp. owner's entry on verso first free endpaper. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities.
= Cf. Thimm p.55; cf. Pardoel 588.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; occas. sl foxed. = Thimm, p.57; Pardoel 610.
AND 1 other: G. LETAINTURIER-FRADIN, Le Duel a travers les Ages (ibid., 1892, plates/ ills., modern gilt cl., 4to. Thimm 164; Pardoel 1489).
- Wrappers browned. = Thimm p.237. Originally published in 1720. Not in Pardoel.
- Bookplate on upper pastedowns; vol. 1 w. mounted label and annots. on 2nd blank. Spines and corners sl. rubbed.
= Pardoel 969; not in Thimm.
- New endpapers; a few lvs. w. tiny wormhole. Spine sl. rubbed. = Thimm, p.113; Pardoel 1070.
- Rolled; sl. yellowed and foxed; a few closed tears.
- A few lvs. trifle foxed; annot. on upper pastedown. Spine-ends chipped.
= Thimm, p.122 (mentioning this as "1st ed."); Pardoel 1169 (mentioning this ed. as "2nd ed.").
- Endpapers/ title-p./ last leaf sl. foxed; sm. waterst. on title-p. = Thimm, p.135.; not in Pardoel.
- First and last free endpaper sl. wormholed; a few lvs. w. tiny wormhole. Binding sl. worn.
= Thimm, p.174; Pardoel 1612.
- Manuscript notes on title-p.
= Thimm p.237. Collection of ordonnances on duelling in France from 1599 to 1660, comprising i.a. many arrests and edicts. Not in Pardoel.
BOUND WITH 2 similar publications: Recueil de diverses pieces touchant les duels et rencontres (ibid., idem, 1663, identical title-vignette) and Remonstrance du clerge' de France, faite au roy, la reyne sa mere presente (...) contre les duels (ibid., A. Vitré, 1663, woodcut title-vignette).
- Title-p. w. old owner's entry and cut short in right margin, just touching text.
= Thimm p.237; cf. Pardoel 3049 (ed. Paris, 1689); not in Vigeant.
- Owner's entry on first blank. Fine copy. = Thimm p.285; Pardoel 2577.
- First ±15 lvs. w. (vague) waterstain; trifle foxed. = Very rare.
AND 1 other: G. FAZY, Le Duel (Geneva, 1871, modern gilt orange hmor., sm. 4to. Thimm, p.99).
- First lvs. (incl. title-p.) sm. wormholes in blank margin. Covers trifle worn and partly sl. discoloured; top of spine sl. chipped.
= Cohen/ De Ricci p.380f.
- Lacks frontisp. and 6 plates. Lower part spine dam.; corners bumped; covers sl. rubbed. = Cohen/ De Ricci p.383.
- Partly yellowed/ (sl.) foxed. Binding badly worn/ sl. dam. at extremities; frontcover almost loose.
= Sander 657; Cohen/ De Ricci p.381; Ray p.7f; Boissais/ Deleplanque p.75.
- One plate loose, otherwise contents fine. Binding dam.: backcover partly deteriorated, resulting in stains in the index leaves; backstrip dam. and frontcover some loss of upper layer of calf.
= Rare edition, only listed in Buisman 558.
AND 1 other.
- Final leaf w. closed tear.