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Escrime nouvelle ou théâtre

Treatise 1619 French Germany

Nicoletto Giganti

French and German bilingual edition of Giganti, translated into French by Jacques de Zeter and printed at Frankfurt in 1619. Gelli judges it superior to the original for typography and plates.

Castle also records the Frankfurt 1619 French Giganti translation by Jacques de Zeter.

Vigeant 1882 confirms the 1619 Francofurti apudla de Zeter translation, with French and German arranged in parallel columns, framed title in the frontispiece, Giganti portrait, and 42 copperplates outside the text.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleEscrime nouvelle ou théâtre
AuthorNicoletto Giganti
Earliest publication date1619
LanguageFrench
CountryGermany
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
Nicoletto Giganti; translated by Jacques de Zeter
Fencing
Authority Roles
Author
Nicoletto Giganti
Translator
Jacques de Zeter
Edition History
Escrime nouvelle ou théâtre 1619
CityFrancofurti
PublisherJacques de Zeter
PrinterNot specified
FormatOblong 4°
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
Gelli lists the Francofurti 1619 Jacques de Zeter edition as a French and German bilingual work with author portrait and 42 out-of-text copper plates, superior in typography and plates to the original.

Vigeant 1882, p. 61: Francofurti apudla de Zeter, 1619. Oblong 4to with framed title in the frontispiece, portrait of Giganti, and 42 copperplates outside the text; theoretical text printed in parallel French and German columns.

Quality phase 169: portrait and 42 out-of-text copperplates reconfirmed independently; pagination remains unresolved.
Digital Witnesses
Egerton Castle — Giganti 1619 bibliographic collation
OCR PDF
Egerton Castle / Mori BZ · open
Historical exact-edition description confirming portrait, 42 copperplates and imprint; no pagination supplied.
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UMass Lord Collection PDF - Nicoletto Giganti, Escrime nouvelle
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UMass Amherst - Raymond J. Lord Collection · open
Imported from UMass Lord preview mapping on 2026-07-17. Source row 25; match_status=high_confidence; match_score=107.
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Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P082-E002
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 82 · Entry CAS-P082-E002
Gelli entry GEL-P153-E001
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 153 · Entry 001
Thimm entry 906
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 133 · Entry 906
Vigeant entry VIG-P061-E001
Vigeant (1882)
Arsène Vigeant, La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1882.
Pages 61 · Entry VIG-P061-E001
Reference Snapshot
Digital status Catalogued
Primary edition Escrime nouvelle ou théâtre
Publisher Jacques de Zeter
City Francofurti
Format Oblong 4°
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