254 ATTACK AND DEFENCE. 



1884 — contimied. 



38 Baron de Vaux, Les Duels Ct^l^bres. Preface 

 par Aurelien Scholl. Rouveyre et G. Blond. 

 Paris. 1884. 



8vo. 180 pp. M., 9I in. by 5| in. 16 plates and 8 

 small emblematical engravings. 650 copies printed. 

 No. 477. Bound by Cedric Chivers. Half blue 

 morocco, tooled. 



39 The Book of the Sword. By Richard F. Burton, 

 Maitre d'Armes (Brevet^). Chatto and Windus. 

 London. 1884. 



" He that hath no sword (knife=/"'X«'pa), let him sell his 

 garment and buy one." — St. Luke xxii. 36. 



Solo la spada vuol magnificarsi (Nothing is high and aw- 

 ful save the sword). — Lod. delta Vernaccia fA.D. 1200). 



" But above all, it is most conducive to the greatness of 

 empire for a nation to profess the skill of arms as its 

 principal glory and more honourable employ." — 

 Bacons '^Advancement of Learning!' 



" The voice of every people is the sword that guards 

 them, or the sword that beats them Aowvs!' —Tenny- 

 son s " Harold" 



Dedicated to the memory of Alfred Bate Richards. 



4to. 299 pp. M., 1 1 in. b}' 'j\ in. 



