Printed by Salvestro Marchetti and Camillo Turi in Siena
This treatise has been considered in the rapier community as the pinnacle of Italian works on fencing. It is considered as one of the most comprehensive and complete written work on Italian rapier swordplay. The principles to which he details formed the basis of fencing for hundreds of years. Capo Ferro's treatise is divided into two parts: Art and Practice. In the first part, he gives the general principles of swordsmanship and fencing, with the second part of his book covering actual techniques, described in text with accompanying illustrations.
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