Fencing - Domenico Angelo 1763
Angelo's superb work was the most important book to appear on fencing in England since the treatise of Vincentio Saviolo.
Angelo Domenico Malevolti Tremamondo (1716 Livorno, Italy - 1802 Twickenham, England) was an Italian sword and fencing master who became the celebrated swordsman of mid-eighteenth English society. He earned fame not only with his brilliant skills as a swordsman but also because of his famous fencing school in Soho Square, London. He was also the founder of the Angelo Family of fencers. He has been praised as "the first to emphasize fencing as a means of developing health, poise, and grace. As a result of his insight and influence, fencing changed from an art of war to a sport."
Plate 13
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Fencing - Domenico.
Title: Plate 13
Date: 1763.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Image size: 230 x 245mm (9.06 x 9.65 inches).
Sheet size: 310 x 470mm (12.2 x 18.5 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Old hand coloured, occasionally some spotting.
Condition Rating: A.
From: Angelo, D. M. T. L'école des armes, avec l'explication générale des principales attitudes et positions concernant l'escrime, London, Dodsley R. & J., 1763.
Angelo's superb work was the most important book to appear on fencing in England since the treatise of Vincentio Saviolo.
Angelo Domenico Malevolti Tremamondo (1716 Livorno, Italy - 1802 Twickenham, England) was an Italian sword and fencing master who became the celebrated swordsman of mid-eighteenth English society. He earned fame not only with his brilliant skills as a swordsman but also because of his famous fencing school in Soho Square, London. He was also the founder of the Angelo Family of fencers. He has been praised as "the first to emphasize fencing as a means of developing health, poise, and grace. As a result of his insight and influence, fencing changed from an art of war to a sport."