Title: 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
Date: dated 1570
Culture: German, Strasbourg
Artist:  Joachim Meyer 
Artist bio: German, active 16th–17th century
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Author
Medium: Ink, paper
Dimensions: 7 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. (18.7 x 25.7 cm)
Classification: Books & Manuscripts
Credit line: Gift of Christian A. Zabriskie, 1957
Geography: Country of Origin Strasbourg   Germany      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Swords, term: Men, term: Fencing