Treatise

Old Sword-Play
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Old Sword-Play

Treatise 1892 English United Kingdom

Alfred Hutton

London: H. Grevel & Co., 1892; limited to 300 numbered copies, with 56 historical examples and a photogravure portrait.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleOld Sword-Play
AuthorAlfred Hutton
Earliest publication date1892
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited Kingdom
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
Alfred Hutton
Swordsmanship Sword
Authority Roles
Author
Alfred Hutton
Edition History
Old Sword-Play 1892
CityLondon
PublisherH. Grevel & Co.
PrinterNot specified
Format4°
Pagesx, 36 p.
Dimensions29 cm
Source pages: 165,166. Bracketed notes: ["Illustrated by 56 typical examples from Marozzo, Di Grassi, Thibault, Alfieri, Dela Touche, De Liancour, Angelo, Weischner, &c.,with photogravure portrait ofthe author by Boussod, Valadon,& Co. The edition limitedto300numberedcopies.", "“TheIllustratedNavalandMilitaryMagazine\" (London),July1890.", "Lecture delivered at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, February10, 1893."]

Quality phase 266: exact-manifestation physical description confirmed from embedded institutional MARC and linked digital object. London: H. Grevel; New York: B. Westermann, 1892. x, 36 pages and 57 leaves of plates; illustrated; 29 cm.

Cover retrieved from Internet Archive item oldswordplaysyst00hutt_0 in phase 636; official item image or verified title page, validated at 180×256 pixels.
Digital Witnesses
Internet Archive — Old sword-play : the systems of fence in vogue during the XVIth, XVIIth, and XVIIIth centuries with lessons arranged from the works of various ancient masters
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Exact manifestation match located during the complete external research campaign of quality phase 264 (2026-08-25). Catalogue identifier: oldswordplaysyst00hutt_0.

Official Internet Archive image used as the cover for edition 1351 in phase 636.
Scholarly References
Thimm entry 1094
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 165,166 · Entry 1094