Gentlemen fencers lunging (coupe de seconde) and semicircular parrying (parade du demi-cercle), 18th century. Copperplate engraving by D. Jenkins after an illustration drawn from the life by J. Roberts from Mr. J. Olivier's Fencing Familiarized, or a New Treatise on the Art of Sword Play, John Bell, London, 1771.

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