[SCHERMA] - ROUX, Friedrich Wilhelm August Ludwig (1817-1897) - Die Kreussler'sche Stossfechtschule. Jena: Friedrich Mauke, 1857.   Second edition of this work dedicated to fencing illustrated by numerous plates and published after the first in 1849. Roux comes from an important German family of fencing masters and was responsible for introducing slash fencing to Jena, which was already widespread in other universities. Thimm p. 247​.   Folio (312 x 224mm). Frontispiece with lithographic portrait, 20 lithographic plates with a total of 120 figures (foxing, browning and light waterstaining). Contemporary boards backed in percaline (somewhat worn). For other books relating to fencing please see lots 29 and 30.

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