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La spada maestra
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La spada maestra

Treatise 1696 Italian Italy

Bondi di Mazo

Italian fencing treatise printed at Venice in 1696 and attributed in the bibliographic tradition to Bondi di Mazo. Gelli preserves the work while noting uncertainty around the author's identity and family background.

Castle also records the Venice 1696 Bondi di Mazo witness with eighty copperplates.

Vigeant 1882 confirms the emblematic frontispiece, the count of 80 copperplates, and the accessory matter of dedication, sonnets, and address to the reader.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleLa spada maestra
AuthorBondi di Mazo
Earliest publication date1696
LanguageItalian
CountryItaly
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
Bondi di Mazo
FencingSwordsmanship Sword
Authority Roles
Author
Bondi di Mazo
Edition History
La spada maestra 1696
CityVenetia
PublisherNot specified
PrinterDomenico Lovisa
FormatOblong 4°
Pages174 p.
Dimensions158 × 215 mm
Gelli describes this Venice 1696 edition, printed by Domenico Lovisa at Rialto, as a two-book treatise with eighty copperplates and an emblematic frontispiece.

Vigeant 1882, p. 40: oblong 4to with emblematic frontispiece and devices, 80 copper engravings, dedication, sonnets, and address to the reader.

Quality phase 112: the original 1696 edition has 174 numbered pages, an engraved frontispiece and 80 numbered copper engravings. Domenico Lovisa is recorded as printer; publication was at the author's expense.
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Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P051-E002
Castle (1892)
Egerton Castle, Schools and Masters of Fence, from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century. With a complete bibliography. New and revised edition. London: George Bell & Sons, 1892.
Pages 51 · Entry CAS-P051-E002
Gelli, Bibliografia della scherma
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 77-79 · Entry 001
Thimm entry 274
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 42 · Entry 274
Vigeant entry VIG-P040-E001
Vigeant (1882)
Arsène Vigeant, La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1882.
Pages 40 · Entry VIG-P040-E001