Cav. Settimo Del Frate

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[edit] Cav. Settimo Del Frate (1832-1919)

Settimo Del Frate was a student and close friend of Maestro Giuseppe Radaelli.^[1] Del Frate was a 1856 law graduate from the University of Pavia, who met Radaelli in 1859 when they were members of the Monferrato Cavalry.^[2] Del Frate eventually published three books on Radaelli's fencing system, the first in 1869, and the second in 1872, which was reprinted in 1876 and 1885.^[3] Del Frate was inducted into the Order of the Crown of Italy with the rank of Knight (Cavaliere) in appreciation for his first book.^[4] The second book received a silver medal of the first class from the Italian Gymnastic Federation in 1873.^[5] During his career, Cav. Del Frate served as the Captain-Secretary of the Committee of Cavalry, and later as the commander of the Saluzzo cavalry regiment.^[6] Cav. Del Frate retired as a Lt. General.^[7]

[edit] Texts

Istruzione pel maneggio e scherma della sciabola del capitano Settimo Del Frate - Aiutante Maggiore nei Cavalleggieri di Monferrato, (Litografia Gaetano Baroffio, Milano 1869.)

Istruzione per la Scherma di Sciabola e di Spada del Prof. Giuseppe Radaelli, (Litografia Gaetano Baroffio, Milano 1872, reprinted 1876, 1885).

Istruzione per la Scherma di Punta del Prof. Giuseppe Radaelli, (Fratelli Dumolard, Milano 1885).

[edit] Footnotes

1. ↑ Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia Generale della Scherma con Note Critiche, Biografiche e Storiche, 63 (Tipografia Editrice di Luigi Niccolai, Firenze 1890).
2. ↑ Id.
3. ↑ Id. at 64.
4. ↑ Id.
5. ↑ Id.
6. ↑ Id. at 63.
7. ↑ Claudio Mancini, Breve Storia della Scuola Magistrale Militare di Scherma di Roma, (Associazione Italiana Maestri di Scherma, at http://www.maestridischerma.it/mancini.html, Sept. 2003).