Lo spadone

Alfieri, Francesco Ferdinando, Sardi, Sebastiano, 17th cent · 1653 · In Padova : Per Sebastiano Sardi · 5 pictures

Lo spadone is a 1653 fencing manual by Francesco Ferdinando Alfieri, printed in Padua by Sebastiano Sardi for swordsmen and fencing students. Its pictures are small plain engravings of fencers in stances with the two-handed sword, plus a few decorative ornaments and a shield, showing how a designer might build simple posed figures and crisp black line ornament from old fencing books.

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