Thimm identifies this as the Mexico 1809 sabre treatise of Don Simon de Frias, explicitly describing the author as a master of arms examined and approved under the superior government of New Spain.
Mexico, 1809, en la imprenta de Arizpe. Thimm notes 13 plates, two of them folding, with 27 figures at the end.
Quality phase 109: the 1809 Arizpe manifestation is confirmed at 201 pages with 13 plates, two folding, containing 27 figures. Digital-image totals were not used as pagination.
Digital Witnesses
Internet Archive facsimile - Tratado elemental de la destreza del sable (alternate copy)
