In 1798, Henry Angelo, a member of famed Angelo dynasty of sword masters, published "Hungarian and Highland Broadsword". This was a collection of 24 posters illustrating guards, defences and striking techniques for a man on foot or on horseback. In fact, only five of the 24 posters dealt with men on foot. The following year, in 1799, he published a poster called "The Guards and Lessons of the Highland Broadsword", in which he set out his "10 lessons", a set of sequences with which the Army regiments could drill and learn the system.
This facsimile is of the original posters owned by the Academy of Historical Arts. Each poster has been photographed and edited to provide a reproduction of the highest quality. The larger poster of 10 lessons has been provided in its original form, and also broken up to demonstrate the lessons on individual pages with higher resolution. Additionally, the work includes a brief biography by Keith Farrell describing the Angelo Dynasty, their schools and their publications.