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Italian Rapier Combat: Capo Ferro's 'Gran Simulacro' (Hardcover)
by Ridolfo Capo Ferro (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Greenhill Books (15 Feb 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1853675806
  • ISBN-13: 978-1853675805
  • Product Dimensions: 26.7 x 19.3 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
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Ken Mondschein, Renaissance Magazine, 2004
This translation is an indispensible primary source...
Overall, this is a handsome volume, a well-produced and much-needed text

Stephen Hand; Author - Medieval Sword and Shield, 2004
you must get this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Italian Rapier Combat, 22 Jul 2004
By Richard Ryan (London, U.K.) - See all my reviews
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I'm sure the task of translating Capo Ferro's 'Gran Simulacro' must have been immense and certainly a labour of love. In this translation though Mr Kirby has done a great service to historical fencers, re-enactors and stage combat practitioners, as this book is clear and concise.

Having had a copy of this book on my bookshelf for a number of years it is good to at last have an opportunity read it rather than look at the pictures and try to extrapolate meaning. And it is an enthralling read starting wi