The Art of Boxing: With a Statement of the Transactions that have Passed between Mr. Humphreys and Myself since Our Battle at Odiham.

MENDOZA, DANIEL.

Printed and sold for Daniel Mendoza

(London)

(1789)

From the library of “Mr. Boxing,” the late Nat Fleischer (sold Swann Galleries, January 29th, 1997, lot 232).

Daniel Mendoza’s ascendancy to sporting heights by means of his championing the theories of scientific boxing, led to his acceptance by Royalty - indeed, he received the patronage of the Prince of Wales. Subsequently, Mendoza helped ease the social position of the Jew in 18th-century England, proudly billing himself as “Mendoza the Jew.”