Just in case you missed it our new listing for the ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair is here! This catalogue of over 400 interesting & curious items, contains a large selection of satire , UK & foreign topography , portraits , natural history , sporting , decorative scenes and of course ephemera . Highlights to look out for are a beautiful mezzotint portrait of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar II I and some wonderful animal etchings by A. Radclyffe Dumore. See below for some images to whet your appetite: [Fencing.] Tabula I. J. Gelle Collonien sculp: [Leiden: B. & A. Elzevir: 1630.] Large engraving. 490 x 700mm (15¾ x 27½"), with large margins. Tear at top, two creases as normal. Small margins. A plate from Gerard Thibault's 'L'académie de l'espée', illustrating the geometry that the author considered of utmost importance in sword fighting. Of particular interest is the use of Thibault's 'mysterio...
