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11 - Alessandri, Torquato. *Il cavalier compito*. Viterbo: Discepolo, 1609. A rare manual on how to become a perfect gentleman
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Alessandri, Torquato. *Il cavalier compito*. Viterbo: Discepolo, 1609. A rare manual on how to become a perfect gentleman Alessandri, Torquato. *Il cavalier compito*. Viterbo: Discepolo, 1609. Octavo (148 x 100 mm); [16], 108, [4] pages. Wood-engraved printer’s mark on the title page; full-page copper-engraved portrait of the author (slight discoloration, sporadic stains). Contemporary full-parchment binding, handwritten title on the smooth spine, traces of binding strips (worn). The author, a Roman, wool merchant, and fencing master, was described by Giammaria Mazzuchelli as a “man endowed with great strength in his body and arms, for which he was nicknamed Braccioforte.” The work discusses various topics but focuses primarily on “the new method of learning to fence with a rapier and to defend oneself unarmed.” A rare work on becoming the perfect gentleman
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