Fencing/Saint-Germain-en-Laye/ Three pieces:a)... - Lot 128 - Vermot et Associés

Fencing/Saint-Germain-en-Laye/ Three pieces:a) Wood engraving by Jacobus van der Schley (1715-1779, originally J.V.Schley). Dated 1738, this astonishing work revisits the famous "official" duel between Guy Chabot de St Gelais (future 2nd Baron de Jarnac) and François de Vivonne, Seigneur de La Chataigneraie, which took place in St Germain-en-Laye on July 10, 1547. The Dutch master captures this in his cartouche, going straight to the point: "Combat de Jarnac et de La Chataigneraie dans lequel celui-ci succomba par un coup sur le Jarret...". 12x7.5, TBE. King Henri II is in his dressing room ; ) English woodcut: "4th Position of the Salute", and "5th position of the salute" .Publishd as The Act Directs Augt 1783, 11,5x20; c) Lithograph: the lesson at the hall, under the master's eye. This handsome color image of a mustachioed, gloved former soldier-turned-teacher, with red-hearted breastplate, brooding over his two masked pupils, was in fact intended to decorate the lid of a 1910s pen box, and thus to protect sergeant-major feathers...5.5x20.