Cover retrieved from Internet Archive item bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_the-compleat-fencing-mas_hope-sir-william_1691 in phase 636; official item image or verified title page, validated at 180×276 pixels.
The Compleat Fencing-Master1692
CityLondon
PublisherDorman Newman
PrinterNot specified
Format8°
Pages[22], 197 [i.e. 167], [17] p.
DimensionsNot specified
Second edition; London: Dorman Newman.
Quality phase 106: the Folger/ESTC record confirms octavo, [22], 197 [i.e. 167], [17] pages and 12 pages of plates for the exact 1692 second edition.
Quality phase 669: the prior binary-duplicate thumbnail was replaced by the manifestation-specific Internet Archive title/copyright page, leaf n0, individually checked against the recorded year 1692; 717x1144, 145999 bytes.
The Compleat Fencing-Master — 1697 edition1697
CityLondon
PublisherHugh Newman
PrinterNot specified
FormatNot specified
Pages[22], 197, [17] p.
DimensionsNot specified
Year-specific digital manifestation separated in quality phase 131 (2026-08-15).
Quality phase 228: exact manifestation metadata enriched from the cited copy-level catalogue evidence.
Cover retrieved from Internet Archive item bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_the-compleat-fencing-mas_hope-sir-william_1697 in phase 636; official item image or verified title page, validated at 180×309 pixels.
Quality phase 669: the former image was removed after individual visual inspection showed the 1692 second-edition title page, not the recorded 1697 third edition. The 1697 manifestation remains confirmed by the Folger Shakespeare Library catalogue (London: Hugh Newman, 1697); no replacement image was assigned without a trustworthy open image.
Quality phase 705: the exact Internet Archive item for The Compleat Fencing-Master, third edition, London 1697 supplied its individually inspected microfilm title page (leaf n0). Image 1015x1745, 213098 bytes, SHA-256 A928CA327E8DD0E0847A5D9A296688B1511EDE432FE01E95783C84ACEBD64FB8.
Digital Witnesses
Folger Shakespeare Library — The Compleat Fencing-Master, third edition (1697)
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Folger Shakespeare Library · open
Exact catalogue record for London: Hugh Newman, 1697, [22], 197, [17] pages and twelve leaves of plates; added during cover-integrity review phase 669.
Quality phase 690: individually reviewed the Folger record and its linked resources for cover recovery; exact electronic-reproduction record, but access is through ProQuest/EEBO and no public cover image is exposed.
Internet Archive facsimile - The compleat fencing-master (1697)
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Relinked to year-specific manifestation 4124 in quality phase 131 (2026-08-15).
Quality phase 261: endpoint format normalized as HTML.
Official Internet Archive image used as the cover for edition 4124 in phase 636.
Quality phase 669: the item image duplicated the 1692 title page and is not used as the 1697 edition cover; the manifestation itself was cross-checked against Folger record 449226.
Quality phase 705: exact 1697 Internet Archive item verified; BookReader leaf n0 supplies the title-page image used as the edition cover.
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 59-60 · Entry CAS-P059-E005
Gelli entry GEL-P531-E002
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 531 · Entry GEL-P531-E002
Thimm entry 1057
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 158 · Entry 1057
Thimm entry 1058
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 158,159 · Entry 1058
Vigeant entry VIG-P071-E001
Vigeant (1882)
Arsène Vigeant, La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1882.
