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idprint_8
titleThe Fencers - Academie de l`espee
makerSerwouters, Philippe.
date1628.
size475 x 69,2 mm.
techniqueEngraving.
conditionA strong impression, centrefold hardly visible, broad margins, some marginal tears, not affecting image.
signatureP.Serwouters, lower centre.
colouringuncoloured.
descriptionHere we find plate xix from the famous "Academie De L`Espee" The most impressive book on fencing ever published, In [the Dutch town] Leiden anno 1628. The Dutch Royal Family used this very work as their fencing instruction- book. A highlight of the so called "Golden Age" of xvii-Th. Century Holland. Complete copies of ths celebrated work are exceedingly rare. This double page plate is one of the most impressive plates.
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