78 2683 Hooghe R de Petter N
78 2683 Hooghe R de  Petter N
78 2683 Hooghe R de  Petter N
78 2683 Hooghe R de  Petter N
78 2683 Hooghe R de  Petter N
78/2683 [Hooghe, R. de]. Petter, N. Klare Onderrichtinge der Voortreffelijcke Worstel-Konst, Verhandelende hoemen in alle voorvallen van Twist in Handtgemeenschap, sich kan hoeden: en alle Aengrepen, Borst-stooten, Vuyst-slagen &c. versetten. Seer nut en voordeeligh tegens alle slaensiecke Twisters, ofte die met een Mes yemandt dreygen of trachten te beledigen. Amst., J. Janssonius van Waesberge, 1674, (8),16 textp., 71 full-p. etchings by ROMEIJN DE HOOGHE, contemp. vellum, 4to.

- Partly sl. waterstained in upper inner margin. Vellum sl. stained. Good/ fine copy.

= Gelli p.536; Thimm p.134; Landwehr, R. de Hooghe 39; Hollstein IX, 968-1038; Lipperheide Tg5. The original first, Dutch edition of this early manual of self-defence for gentlemen, with the splendid plates by Romeijn de Hooghe, etched in a fine and free manner, "one of the greatest illustrators of all times, (...) a last apotheosis of the grand Baroque Spirit before its dissolution" (Benesch). The book was published after the death of the Amsterdam wrestlingmaster Nicolaes Petter by his widow and his pupil Robbert Cars, who announces in the preface that he will continue to give wrestling lessons "op de Prince-gracht, in Gustavus-burgh".

€ (3.000-5.000) 5000