| 001 | $ 07/1200 | ||
| 003 | $ UK-LoRAA | ||
| 041 | 0 | # | $a |
| 044 | # | # | $a it |
| 100 | 1 | # | $a Grassi |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | $a Ragione Di Adoprar Sicuramente L'Arme Si Da Offesa, Come Da Difesa, Con un Trattato dell'inganno, & con un modo di essercitarsi da se stesso, per acquistare forza, giudicio, & prestezza, Di Giacomo Di Grassi. |
| 260 | # | # | $a Con Privilegio. In Venetia, $b appresso Giordano Ziletti, & compagni. $c M D LXX. $c [1570]. |
| 300 | # | # | $a [6], 151, [1] p., [1] pl.: $b illus.; $c 126 mm. (Quarto.) |
| 505 | 0 | # | $a [T.p., dedic.] - Ai Lettori - [Plate] - [Text]. |
| 508 | # | # |
$a The plate and illustrations are unsigned. The work is dedicated by Giacomo di Grassi 'Alli molto Magi. Signori ... miei Signori Osservandissimi'. |
| 510 | 0 | # | $a On fencing history see S. Anglo, The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe (2000); H.W. Pardoel, Fencing: a bibliography (after 1996); E. Castle, Schools and masters of fence (1892; 3rd ed. 1969); C.A. Thimm, A complete bibliography of fencing (1896). |
| 520 | 2 | # |
$a The plate and illustrations are engravings, showing swordsmen, in 16th-century dress. A few illustrations show men wielding pikes or spears. An English translation of the work was published in 1594 (Giacomo Di Grassi his true Arte of Defence). |
| 561 | # | # | $a ita |
| 561 | # | # | $a The front pastedown is inscribed in pencil, S:A:H', i.e. S.A. Hart, librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81. |
| 561 | # | # | $a Purchased for RA Library in 1869 (see 'Library Report for the Year 1869', RA Annual Report, Appendix No. 6, p. 27). |
| 563 | # | # | $a 19th-century quarter green morocco, red cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Grassi Ragione Di Adoprar L,Armi'. |
| 653 | # | # | $a Fencing - Fencers - Swordplay - Swordsmen - Martial arts - Combat - Techniques - Italy - History - 16th century |
| 655 | # | 0 | $a Manuals - Treatises - Italy - 16th century |
| 655 | # | 0 | $a Pictorial works - Italy - 16th century |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Ziletti $e publisher |