Gründtliche Beschreibung der freyen ritterlichen unnd adelichen Kunst des Fechtens in allerley gebreuchlichen Wehren mit vil schönen und nützlichen Figuren gezieret und fürgestellet (A Thorough Description of the Free Knightly and Noble Art of Fencing, in All the Typical Guards, Adorned and Arranged with Many Beautiful and Useful Figures)
Object type: Fencing book
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: German, Strasbourg
Artist: Joachim Meyer|Tobias Stimmer
Artist bio: German, active 16th–17th century|German, active 16th–17th century
Artist role: Author|Artist
Artist nationality: German|German
Date: dated 1570
Medium: Ink, paper
Dimensions: 7 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. (18.7 x 25.7 cm)
Classification: Books & Manuscripts
Geography:  Strasbourg     
Credit line: Gift of Christian A. Zabriskie, 1957
Accession year: 1957
Tags: Swords|Men|Fencing