gwim james (4 Ergebnisse)

First thus. Folio measuring 17.5" x 11.5", over 2" thick. Contemporary calf over new leather spine in eight compartments, elaborately ruled in gilt, black title label lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Text ruled in red with engraved headpieces. Very Good+, sturdily bound with wear to calf, dulling to gilt, a few ink stains to fore edge, corner crease to prelims, former owners' names written on front free endpaper (dating up to 1850); small ink number written on page facing table of contents and a single inked number in margin of another page, contents otherwise unmarked. Scarce in commerce, as later printings and editions of this work printed by Grierson have shown up at auction but none of the original 1721 edition have since 1932. Called "the finest" Book of Common Prayer that "had been printed in Dublin" by The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland in 1920. One of the Irish artist James Gwim's greatest works was the frontispiece. Around 1755, he left Dublin for London where he worked for John Brooks as a designer of snuff-box lids at the Battersea Enamel Works, living in seclusion. An eccentric, he refused to leave his room for long periods of time, and was found dead in it after a brawl with a friend about his agoraphobia in 1769. The Book of Common Prayer was the first book printed in Ireland. Benton 275.

James Gwim (illustrator). 'DU DESARMEMENT SUR LE COUP DE TIERCE. PL. 36. PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT, FEB. 1763.'Two gentlemen demonstrating the disarming technique in tierce. An elegant print from Angelo's renowned fencing manual "L'Ecole des Armes". Made by Charles Hall after James Gwim.Medium: Copperplate Engraving on hand-laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 29.8 x 47.6 cm (11.73 x 18.74 inch). Image size: 25.4 x 37.5 cm. (10 x 14.76 inch).DOMENICO ANGELO, FENCING, L'ECOLE DES ARMES, 18TH CENTURY, COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING, HALL, LONDON, GENTLEMANLY ARTS | EXPO-434BACKGROUND INFORMATIONL'Ecole des Armes by Domenico Angelo. Published by R. & J. Dodsley, London, 1763. During the eighteenth-century, fencing was a popular sport among the English royalty and aristocracy, primarily learned on the Continent until the Italian fencing master Domenico Angelo Malevolti Tremamondo established his fencing school in London. A riding instructor by trade, Angelo was born in Leghorn, Italy in 1716 and briefly trained with the celebrated fencer Monsieur Teillagory in Paris. After arriving in England in 1755, he participated in and won several public fencing matches, quickly earning a reputation that helped him secure high-ranking clients such as the Duke of Devonshire and the Earl of Pembroke. He soon capitalized on his popularity by establishing Angelo's School of Arms, where he taught horsemanship as well as fencing to an affluent and fashionable clientele. Angelo also continued to teach privately and in 1758, instructed the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. Over the years, his school became a venerable British institution, which was run by successive generations of the Angelo family until the early twentieth-century. In 1763, Angelo published L'Ecole d'Armes, a respected fencing handbook comprised of beautifully illustrated plates by renowned English artists like Chamber, Gwyn and Ryland depicting principal fencing positions, and esteemed by many as the ultimate authority on fencing.Reference: Lipperheide 2974.Biography engraver: Charles Hall (1720-1783) was a London-based artist, who initially trained as a letter engraver before taking up pictorial engraving. He is best-known for his portrait work and his engraved plates after Hans Holbein and Philip James de Loutherbourg, amongst others.Biography artist: James Gwim or Gwinn (c.1720-1769) was an Irish artist. Condition: very good, given age. Light soiling, foxing and creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

James Gwim (illustrator). 'QUATRIEME POSITION DU SALUT. PLATE 13. PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT, FEB. 1763.'A gentleman fencer demonstrating the fourth position of the salute. An elegant print from Angelo's renowned fencing manual "L'Ecole des Armes".Made by William Wynne Ryland after James Gwim.Medium: Copperplate Engraving on hand-laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 29.8 x 47.6 cm (11.73 x 18.74 inch). Image size: 25.4 x 37.5 cm. (10 x 14.76 inch).DOMENICO ANGELO, FENCING, L'ECOLE DES ARMES, 18TH CENTURY, COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING, RYLAND, LONDON, GENTLEMANLY ARTS | EXPO-434BACKGROUND INFORMATIONL'Ecole des Armes by Domenico Angelo. Published by R. & J. Dodsley, London, 1763. During the eighteenth-century, fencing was a popular sport among the English royalty and aristocracy, primarily learned on the Continent until the Italian fencing master Domenico Angelo Malevolti Tremamondo established his fencing school in London. A riding instructor by trade, Angelo was born in Leghorn, Italy in 1716 and briefly trained with the celebrated fencer Monsieur Teillagory in Paris. After arriving in England in 1755, he participated in and won several public fencing matches, quickly earning a reputation that helped him secure high-ranking clients such as the Duke of Devonshire and the Earl of Pembroke. He soon capitalized on his popularity by establishing Angelo's School of Arms, where he taught horsemanship as well as fencing to an affluent and fashionable clientele. Angelo also continued to teach privately and in 1758, instructed the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. Over the years, his school became a venerable British institution, which was run by successive generations of the Angelo family until the early twentieth-century. In 1763, Angelo published L'Ecole d'Armes, a respected fencing handbook comprised of beautifully illustrated plates by renowned English artists like Chamber, Gwyn and Ryland depicting principal fencing positions, and esteemed by many as the ultimate authority on fencing.Reference: Lipperheide 2974.Biography engraver: William Wynne Ryland (1732/1738-1783) was an English engraver, who pioneered stipple engraving and was executed for forgery.Biography artist: James Gwim or Gwinn (c.1720-1769) was an Irish artist. Condition: very good, given age. Light soiling, foxing and creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

James Gwim (illustrator). 'DE LA PARADE DE SECONDE SUR LE COUP DE SECONDE. PLATE 18. PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT, FEB. 1763.'Two gentlemen demonstrating the parry in second position against a thrust in second. An elegant print from Angelo's renowned fencing manual "L'Ecole des Armes". Made by Charles Hall after James Gwim.Medium: Copperplate Engraving on hand-laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 29.8 x 47.6 cm (11.73 x 18.74 inch). Image size: 25.4 x 37.5 cm. (10 x 14.76 inch).DOMENICO ANGELO, FENCING, L'ECOLE DES ARMES, 18TH CENTURY, COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING, HALL, LONDON, GENTLEMANLY ARTS | EXPO-434BACKGROUND INFORMATIONL'Ecole des Armes by Domenico Angelo. Published by R. & J. Dodsley, London, 1763. During the eighteenth-century, fencing was a popular sport among the English royalty and aristocracy, primarily learned on the Continent until the Italian fencing master Domenico Angelo Malevolti Tremamondo established his fencing school in London. A riding instructor by trade, Angelo was born in Leghorn, Italy in 1716 and briefly trained with the celebrated fencer Monsieur Teillagory in Paris. After arriving in England in 1755, he participated in and won several public fencing matches, quickly earning a reputation that helped him secure high-ranking clients such as the Duke of Devonshire and the Earl of Pembroke. He soon capitalized on his popularity by establishing Angelo's School of Arms, where he taught horsemanship as well as fencing to an affluent and fashionable clientele. Angelo also continued to teach privately and in 1758, instructed the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. Over the years, his school became a venerable British institution, which was run by successive generations of the Angelo family until the early twentieth-century. In 1763, Angelo published L'Ecole d'Armes, a respected fencing handbook comprised of beautifully illustrated plates by renowned English artists like Chamber, Gwyn and Ryland depicting principal fencing positions, and esteemed by many as the ultimate authority on fencing.Reference: Lipperheide 2974.Biography engraver: Charles Hall (1720-1783) was a London-based artist, who initially trained as a letter engraver before taking up pictorial engraving. He is best-known for his portrait work and his engraved plates after Hans Holbein and Philip James de Loutherbourg, amongst others.Biography artist: James Gwim or Gwinn (c.1720-1769) was an Irish artist. Condition: very good, given age. Light soiling, foxing and creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.