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001 $ 07/2833
003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a dut
044 # # $a ne
100 1 # $a Petter
245 1 0 $a Klare Onderrichtinge der Voortreffelijcke Worstel-Konst, Verhandelende hoemen in alle voorvallen van Twist in Handtgemeenschap, sich kan hoeden: en alle Aengrepen, Borst-stooten, Vuyst-slagen &c. versetten. Seer nut en voordeligh tegens alle slaensiecke Twisters, ofte die met een Mes yemandt dreygen of trachten te beledigen. Uytgevonden door den wijtberoemden en vermaerden Worstelaer Nicolaes Petter, En met 71 naeuwkeurige Verbeeldingen der selver, in 't kooper gebracht door den konstrijcken Romeyn de Hooge.
260 # # $a T' Amsterdam, $b by Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge, Boeckverkooper, op 't Water. $c Anno 1674. Met Privilegie.
300 # # $a [8], 16 p., 71 pl.; $c 239 mm. (Quarto.)
500 # # $a As well as being numbered consecutively, the plates are also numbered by Deel, from 'I. Deel 1' to 'XIII. Deel 5'.
505 0 # $a [T.p.] - Privilegie - Voor-Reden - Aen de Liefhebbers Van de Worstel-Konst - [Text] - [Plates].
508 # # $a The plates are not signed.
510 0 # $a On Romeyn de Hooghe see bibliographic note on F. v. Hoogstraten, Het Voorhof der Ziele (1668).

S. Anglo, The martial arts of Renaissance Europe (2000).
520 2 # $a In the same year a German version was also published by Van Waesberge.

The engravings each show two men, in 17th-century clothing, wrestling or fighting, and vividly capture the dynamics of the fights.
561 # # $a The front pastedown is inscribed in pencil, 'Cotman Norwich', and (in a different hand?) 'S.A.H.', i.e. S.A. Hart, librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81.
562 # # $a The front loose endpaper is inscribed in pencil, 'A most curious collection of Athlete prints by De Hooge. fine copy. rare.', and '£2-2 .' [?]
563 # # $a 17th-century white vellum; spine inscribed in ink, 'Petter Worstel Kunst', lettered 'R.A.'
653 # # $a Wrestling - Fighting - Hand-to-hand fighting - Self-defence - Unarmed combat - Martial arts - Men - Costume - Dress - Netherlands - History - 17th century
655 # 0 $a Manuals - Instructional materials - Netherlands - 17th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - Netherlands - 17th century
700 1 # $a Hooghe