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Title: Significant advancement in the study of the Italian rapier
Review: Tom Leoni has produced an excellent and readable translation of one of the most celebrated Italian rapier treatises. Praised by both later masters and his contemparies, Fabris provided a detailed description of tempo, misura, guards, counterguards, feints and cavazione (as well as many other concepts vital to an understanding of rapier combat of the period). Mr. Leoni has successfully rendered the original Italian text into an English translation that is both faithful to the original work and easily understandable by the modern reader. The book is handsomely presented in a large hardcover edition with excellent reproductions of the original illustrations; not only is it essential reading for any student of the rapier, but it also deserves a place on the shelf of anyone with even a passing interest in Renaissance swordsmanship.
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