Treatise

De lo schermo overo scienza d'arme
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De lo schermo overo scienza d'arme

Treatise 1606 Italian Italy

Salvator Fabris

Principal Italian Fabris work family beginning with the Copenhagen 1606 edition and continued by the Padua 1631 second edition. Gelli treats this as the core original-language witness set of Fabris's fencing system.

Castle also records the Copenhagen 1606 Fabris witness with 190 copperplates by A. Halbeek.

Vigeant 1882 emphasizes the exceptional status of the 1606 Copenhagen Fabris edition, with engraved title framing on recto and verso, the portrait of Christian IV, the author portrait at the end of book one, and 190 copperplates by I. Halbeeck in the text.

Quality phase 405 correction: the second Italian edition is Padova 1624, not 1631; the Braidense record MILE036299 supplies the exact title, imprint and collation.

2 Editions
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7 References
Bibliographic Overview
TitleDe lo schermo overo scienza d'arme
AuthorSalvator Fabris
Earliest publication date1606
LanguageItalian
CountryItaly
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
Salvator Fabris
Fencing
Authority Roles
Author
Salvator Fabris
Edition History
De lo schermo overo scienza d'arme 1606
CityCopenhagen
PublisherHenrico Waltkirch
PrinterNot specified
FormatFolio
Pages256 p.
DimensionsNot specified
Gelli confirms the Copenhagen 1606 Waltkirch edition, with rich engraved title-pages, dedication to the Danish king, 256 pages, and 190 plates engraved by Halbeeck, some overpasted to correct faults.

Vigeant 1882, p. 55: Copenhagen, Henrico Waltkirch, 1606. Folio with engraved title framing on recto and verso, portrait of Christian IV, portrait of the author at the end of the first book, and 190 copperplates by I. Halbeeck in the text.

Quality phase 101a: physical extent recovered from the existing bibliographic note.

Quality phase 165: evidence and bibliography from false Leipzig 1606 duplicate edition 3410 / work 3375 were consolidated here.

Quality phase 285: illustration/plate description recovered after individual manifestation-level review of the already-linked bibliographic notes.
Della vera pratica & scienza d'armi libri due 1624
CityPadova
PublisherNot specified
PrinterPietro Paolo Tozzi
FormatFolio
Pages[4], 256, [2] p.
DimensionsNot specified
Gelli lists this Padua 1631 Tozzi printing as the second Italian edition, with printed title in place of the engraved frontispiece and plates substantially identical to the 1606 edition.

Quality phase 101k: production/publication place recovered from an explicit, manifestation-matching statement after individual review.

Quality phase 101m: explicit imprint agent linked after final individual review.

Quality phase 290: The Padua 1631 reissue replaces the engraved frontispiece with a printed title while retaining substantially the original visual programme.

Quality phase 405 correction: Braidense record MILE036299 identifies the second Italian edition as Padova, Pietro Paolo Tozzi, 1624, folio, [4], 256, [2] pages, with 195 copperplate figures. The former 1631 date was a secondary-bibliography error.
Digital Witnesses
Gelli — Bibliografia generale della scherma — bibliographic witness for edition 3268
Catalogue PDF OCR
Jacopo Gelli / Mori BZ · open
Bibliographic witness linked in quality phase 512. It supports catalogue provenance and does not imply that the linked file is a facsimile of this edition. Source selection score 540; bibliography reference #3102.
Wiktenauer article - Scienza d'Arme (Salvator Fabris)
HTML OCR
Wiktenauer · open
Imported from Wiktenauer Books batch 2 on 2026-07-17. Source row 36; confidence=high.
UMass Lord Collection PDF - Salvator Fabris, Lo Schermo, overo Scienza d'Arme
PDF
UMass Amherst - Raymond J. Lord Collection · open
Imported from reviewed UMass Lord confirmed mapping on 2026-07-17. Source row 20; confidence=high.
Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P045-E005
Castle (1892)
Egerton Castle, Schools and Masters of Fence, from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century. With a complete bibliography. New and revised edition. London: George Bell & Sons, 1892.
Pages 45 · Entry CAS-P045-E005
Gelli entry GEL-P115-E001
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 115-117 · Entry 001
Gelli entry GEL-P117-E001
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 117 · Entry 001
Gelli entry GEL-P286-E004
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 86- · Entry GEL-P286-E004
Thimm entry 755
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 110,112 · Entry 755
Thimm entry 756
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 113 · Entry 756
Vigeant entry VIG-P055-E002
Vigeant (1882)
Arsène Vigeant, La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1882.
Pages 55 · Entry VIG-P055-E002