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Hope's new method of fencing: or, the true and solid art of fighting with the back-sword, sheering-sword, small-sword, and sword and pistol; freed from the errors of the schools. ... The second edition

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1714.
Call number: 84276
Creator: Hope, William(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (4to)
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