Nicoletto Giganti is one of the most celebrated Italian fencing masters of the 17th century. His widely-acclaimed treatise of 1606 promised a second work; which however was long considered lost or never to have been written. Nonetheless in 1847 Alberto Marchionni did describe a purported second book by Giganti; outlining its contents in reasonable detail. In 2012 Joshua Pendragon (as Guest Exhibition Curator for the Noble Art of the Sword exhibition at the Wallace Collection in London) and Piermarco Terminiello; determined that the 1608 edition of Giganti held in the Lord Howard De Walden Library; is none other than the volume promised by Giganti in 1606; and described by Marchionni. This is the only known extant copy; of a work whose very existence had long been considered no more than a rumour. A book sought after and anticipated for centuries. With a forward by Tobias Capwell
#3921144 in Books Grub Street Publishing 2011-06-29Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.30 x 1.20 x 5.90l; 1.25 #File Name: 1906502978256 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Desert Air War commandersBy Matt DetroAlthough mostly a collector of RAF memoirs of those 'in the air' ie; aces such as Neville Duke; etc; Fred Rosier was one of the few Desert Air Commanders of higher rank who's memoir I didn't have in my 'Aero-Library'; so was very excited when I discovered it; to place along those of 'Bing' Cross; AVM Coningham; Keith Park(Malta) and of course Tedders 'With Prejudice.'Rosier was also involved earlier in the Battles of France and Britain as well as later in Normandy and across into Germany. He is a member of the small group who were involved tactically in ops; and well as later in the planning and intelligence stages.This book also had the advantage of being written by a family memebr who I assume had access to all he needed for a good comprehensive study. My own preference would have been to include more on his time in the desert; but no doubt material was few and far between and so I'm just happy they've produced and shared what they could! Cheers; and Tally Ho!Matt DetroNYC0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great book. Written by my father and my brotherBy ELISABETH R CARVERGreat book. Written by my father and my brother. A jolly good story of the RAF in World war 2 ; and an interesting story before and after the war too . Delighted to star in it .
