Prague: Self -published, 1896. 6 no., 631 pages with 48 Fig. and 48 plates with fencing representations. Language: German Order no.: 150432 Remarks: *Lipperheide TD 87. - Original edition, quite rare standard work on the history of fencing art. The author already published a general smaller work "The Fencing" in 1881, which was a guideline for fencing lessons. In this larger work, he deals with detailed the development of fencing in the 15th and 16. Century and their basic principles in duels. - Clean and very well preserved in the original cover. .