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The Book of Honour of the Sword, or the Art of Fencing

Manuscript English United Kingdom

William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Seventeenth-century autograph manuscript, British Museum Harley MS 4206, signed by the Duke in several places.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleThe Book of Honour of the Sword, or the Art of Fencing
AuthorWilliam Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle
Earliest publication dateUnknown
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited Kingdom
Document typeManuscript
Authority statement
William Cavendish, Marquis of Newcastle
FencingSwordsmanship Sword
Authority Roles
Author
William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle
Edition History
The Book of Honour of the Sword, or the Art of Fencing Undated
CityNot specified
PublisherNot specified
PrinterNot specified
FormatNot specified
PagesLarge-paper autograph manuscript
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 146. Bracketed notes: ["Alarge-paperbook, withthesignatureoftheDukeinseveralplaces."]

Quality phase 100h: address or descriptive phrase removed from publisher field.

Quality phase 101l: non-geographic value removed from city field after individual review.

Quality phase 101o year decision [manuscript_or_century_only]: undated manuscript or witness described only by a broad century; exact publication year intentionally left unset.

Quality phase 481: Thimm identifies the seventeenth-century Book of Honour of the Sword as a large-paper autograph manuscript, British Museum Harl. 4206.
Digital Witnesses
Thimm bibliography — phase 481 edition 1251
Catalogue PDF
Thimm bibliography · open
Research witness linked in quality phase 481 (50-edition batch).
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Scholarly References
Thimm entry 991
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 146 · Entry 991
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Primary edition The Book of Honour of the Sword, or the Art of Fencing
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