11 September 2022

La Scherma di Sciabola by Ferdinando Masiello (3rd edition)

After releasing the scans of the 1902 edition of Masiello's foil treatise two years ago, it was only a matter of time before I would acquire a copy of the 1902 sabre book to share with you all. That time has now arrived, so here it is at last!

***Scans***

Attentive readers will note that while the 1902 foil book is labelled as the second edition, the 1902 sabre is actually the third edition, with the previous one having been published in 1893.

A detailed comparison of the 1887 and 1902 editions will be published later this month (both for foil and sabre), so for now I will limit myself to pointing out how Masiello's detailed fencing sabre specifications have been removed entirely, keeping only the general description of each part, and that the 3rd edition contains many significant additions, such as the interesting discussion of Radaellian cutting mechanics in the section 'Delle sciabolate'.

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