LEADER 01660cam a2200265 4500001 99131310360706421 005 20230920150852.0 006 m | d | 007 cr||n||||||||n 008 800219s1747 enk|||| o 00| ||eng c 035 (GALE)1343500400 035 (Uk-ES)006360617 035 (OCoLC)508786047 035 (CU-RivES)T90405 035 (EXLCZ)994920000002887819 040 Uk-ES |cUk-ES |dCStRLIN |dCengage Gale 100 1 Godfrey, John, |cCapt. 245 12 A treatise upon the useful science of defence, connecting the small and back-sword, and shewing the affinity between them. |h[electronic resource] : |bLikewise endeavouring to weed the art of those superfluous, unmeaning practices which over-run it, and choke the true principles, by reducing it to a narrow compass, and supporting it with mathematical proofs. Also an examination into the performances of the most noted masters of the back-sword, who have fought upon the stage, pointing out their faults, and allowing their abilities. With some observations upon boxing, and the characters of the most able boxers within the author's time. By Capt. John Godfrey. 246 Treatise upon the useful science of defence, connecting the small and back-sword, and shewing the affinity between them 260 London : |bPrinted for the author, by T. Gardner, at Cowley's Head opposite St. Clement's Church in the Strand, |cMDCCXLVII. [1747] 300 1 online resource ([8],66p. ) 510 4 English Short Title Catalog, |cT90405. 500 Reproduction of original from British Library. 650 0 Fencing |vEarly works to 1800. 752 Great Britain |bEngland |dLondon. 906 BOOK