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Alessandri, Torquato. Il cavalier compito. Viterbo, Discepolo, 1609., Raro manuale per diventare un perfetto gentiluomo Alessandri, Torquato. Il cavalier compito . Viterbo, Discepolo, 1609. In ottavo (148 x 100 mm); [16], 108, [4] pagine. Marca tipografica al frontespizio incisa in legno, ritratto dell’autore a piena pagina inciso in rame (lievi bruniture, sporadiche macchie.) Legatura coeva in piena pergamena, titolo manoscritto al dorso liscio, tracce di bindelle (stanca). L’autore, romano, lanaiolo e maestro di scherma, venne descritto da Giammaria Mazzuchelli come un “uomo dotato di gran forza nel corpo e nelle braccia, onde venne soprannominato Braccioforte”. L’opera disquisisce di diversi argomenti ma soprattutto “del nuovo modo d’imparar a schermir con spada bianca, e difendersi senz’armi”. Rare work on becoming the perfect gentleman
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