Medieval Combat : A Fifteenth-Century Illustrated Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat

Author(s): Talhoffer, Hans; Rector, Mark (translator and editor)

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Near Fine
Dust Jacket:	No
Dust Jacket Condition:	Very Good
Edition:	1st UK Edition
Impression:	1st Impression
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Greenhill Books
Publication Year:	2000
Publication Place:	London, UK
Book ID:	009909
Catalogue(s):	History - General

318pp, black and white illustrations. In green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine (boards are strong, square, clean-edged and bright, with some very gentle bruising at spine base). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (very slightly bumped at spine base, mild shelf wear). One of the most influential and lavishly drawn fencing manuals of the Middle Ages available in English for the first time. Talhoffer's original text was written in 1467.

Keywords:

fencing mortal combat Middle Ages Medieval Art of Fighting Medieval Combat