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<dl><dd>The Dialogo (Q4r-S2r) was reprinted by Blado's heirs in 1575 as Modo da comporre il moto nella sfera; see Mortimer</dd>
<dd>Port. of author on pi1r, with t.p. on the verso. A full-page engraving on the conjugate pi2v, depicting Agrippa showing scholars a sphere of his invention, discussed in the Dialogo; see Mortimer</dd>
<dd>The unsigned engravings have been attributed to Marc'Antonio Raimondi or Jan van der Straet; see Mortimer. Decorated and historiated woodcut initials</dd>
<dd>Signatures: pi² (enclosing *²) A-S</dd>
<dd>Getty copy lacks final blank</dd>
<dd>Errata, S3v</dd>
<dd>Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent.</dd>
<dd>Binding: later vellum. Author and abbreviated title in gilt on spine. The edges sprinkled red</dd>
<dd>Library's copy has Leo S. Olschki bookplate on front pastedown. Round stamp in margin of 2nd leaf recto, now effaced</dd>
<dd>First edition</dd>
<dd>Signatures: 1 leaf unsigned, *², A-S⁴ (S₄ blank)</dd>
<dd>Frontispiece on recto of t.p</dd>
<dd>Several of the illustrations have been attributed, probably incorrectly, to Michelangelo. Cf. Brunet, and Mortimer</dd>
<dd>Cf. Vigeant, Arsène. La bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris, 1882, p. [23]-24</dd>
<dd>Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 1551</dd>
<dd>Kelso, R. English gentleman</dd>
<dd>[4], LXX, [2] leaves (the last blank) : 23 cm. (4to)</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Fencing; Swordplay; Fencing -- Early works to 1800; Swordplay -- Early works to 1800</div>
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Agrippa, Camillo, -1595?</div>
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