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[HOOGHE, Romeyn de (1645–1708)]. –– PETTER, Nicolaes (1624–1672). Klare Onderrichtinge der Voortreffelijcke Worstel–Konst… Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge, 1674. 4to (241 x 191 mm). (Some marginal spotting or browning to text, faint institutional stamp on title–page). 71 engraved plates by de Hooghe (few plates with some light marginal browning, else bright). Later vellum rebacked with new endpapers; full levant folding box by Scott Kellar. FIRST DUTCH EDITION of this classic work on wrestling and other martial arts with the splendid plates divided into thirteen sections, each of which illustrates a different technique of self–defense. Instructional commentary on each sequence was provided by Petter, an Amsterdam wrestling instructor. Hollstein IX: De Hooghe 968–1038; Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe 39; Lipperheide Tg5.