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Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

Date 1829

Subject Terms Fencing -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

1. A treatise on deportment, fencing, etc. : including the science of horsemanship; being a complete manual of instruction for the use of young persons, in the acquirement of those accomplishments; as well as a self-monitor in the exercise and duties of a cavalry soldier, for the use of gentlemen who are members of yeomanry corps : comprising likewise, instructions for the lance and carbine exercises. Also, the description of a military game resembling the game of chess, calculated to initiate young gentlemen who are designed for the army, in the science of tactics or military manœuvres. With copperplate engravings, illustrative of the various subjects described in the work / by Samuel Gribble, Regimental Serjeant-Major of the Corps of Sherwood Rangers.

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Creator:: Gribble, Samuel
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: viii, [1], 14-147, [3] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts