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The Secrets of the Sword Alone: Henri Sainct Didier’s Traicté

October 11, 2017 by Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

We are delighted to announce that Henry Sainct Didier’s beautiful and comprehensive treatise from 1573, Traicté contenant les secrets du premier livre sur l’éspée seule (Treatise containing the secrets of the first book on the sword alone), is ready for you to download in full colour (at 670mb). The book is lavishly illustrated with 64 woodcuts showing sword techniques, being demonstrated by a Lieutenant and a Prevost. This is the earliest known treatise printed in French, and it is exceptionally rare: there are only 11 genuine copies known. Please click on the link below to get your copy.

 

You are welcome to the RAW image files too (at about 25mb per image), just contact us and we’ll arrange to share them with you. The book is free, but you are welcome to drop some money into the (virtual) tin; once the book has raised enough money to pay for production costs, we will gladly produce an affordable printed facsimile. Please note that this book is in French!


I want this book!

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The True Principles of the Sword

July 31, 2017 by Guy Windsor Leave a Comment

Spada Press is delighted to announce that we have released the first of our National Fencing Museum collection treatises free into the world. Philibert De La Touche’s seminal work Traité de Vrais Principes d’espee seule (Treatise on the true principles of the sword alone), is now ready, thanks to the tireless work of Jim Alvarez, who cropped, rotated, ordered and exported the images. You can see the book here.

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De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi is ready for pre-order!

February 17, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

Sat in the nerve-centre of Spada Press, perusing the print proof of De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi. 

Yes! you read that right. Vadi is in the works, and will be released on February 28th. This is a glorious little book, and we hope you love it!

You can find it on Amazon US here.

And on Amazon UK here.

And you can find it on any other book site by searching with the isbn: 9789527157091

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Fiore dei Liberi, #1 in Martial Arts Hot New Releases!

February 8, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

Fiore dei Liberi wrote one of the best martial arts books in history: Il Fior di Battaglia. And when we released our facsimile, it seems the world agreed: it hit #1 on Amazon (US and UK) in the categories “Martial Arts Hot New Releases”, and “Fencing”. Great work, Maestro!

You can find Il Fior di Battaglia on Amazon US, or Amazon UK.

And in any other Amazon store; just search for the ISBN: 9789527157114

Don’t like Amazon? We haven’t yet figured out how to sell these lovely books directly from this website, but you can find the book in any online bookstore, or get your local store to order it in, using the ISBN: 9789527157114

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