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Principes et quintessence des armes

Treatise 1754 French Belgium

Gérard Gordine

G-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-g, source entry 908.

Gelli confirms the 1754 Liege witness and repeats the military and pedagogical framing of Gerard Gordine's treatise, with its 20 copperplates and reputation as a sought-after work.

Castle also records the Liège 1754 Gerard Gordine witness.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitlePrincipes et quintessence des armes
AuthorGérard Gordine
Earliest publication date1754
LanguageFrench
CountryBelgium
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
Gérard Gordine
Authority Roles
Author
Gérard Gordine
Edition History
Principes et quintessence des armes 1754
CityLiège
PublisherS. Bourguignon
PrinterNot specified
Format4°
Pages[5], [1 blank], 56 p.; 20 copperplates
DimensionsNot specified
A Liege, 1754, chez S. Bourguignon. Gelli confirms 20 copperplates outside the text and treats the work as sought after.

Quality phase 285: illustration/plate description recovered after individual manifestation-level review of the already-linked bibliographic notes.

Quality phase 287: The exact Liège 1754 statement consistently identifies twenty out-of-text copper engravings.

Quality phase 463: copy-level catalogue confirms the Liège 1754 Bourguignon first edition and its complete collation.
Digital Witnesses
Copy catalogue — Gordine, Principes et quintessence
Catalogue PDF
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Research witness linked in quality phase 463 (50-edition batch).

Cover audit phase 719: reviewed in the complete frozen 821-candidate pass. Disposition=secondary_reference. Bibliographic or scholarly material rather than a direct manifestation image. External probe: HTTP 206; content type application/pdf.

Cover audit phase 740: final outcome=not_primary_manifestation_image; secondary reference retained for scholarship; no independently verified primary manifestation cover was adopted.
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Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P086-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 86 · Entry CAS-P086-E002
Gelli entry GEL-P406-E002
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 406 · Entry GEL-P406-E002
Thimm entry 932
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 137 · Entry 932
Reference Snapshot
Digital status Catalogued
Primary edition Principes et quintessence des armes
Publisher S. Bourguignon
City Liège
Format 4°
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