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Anfangsgründe der Fechtkunst
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Anfangsgründe der Fechtkunst

Treatise 1739 German Germany

Anton Friedrich Kahn

K-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-k, source entry 1144. This record represents the expanded 1761 Helmstädt edition of Kahn's fencing treatise. The first edition appeared at Göttingen in 1739; the 1761 issue adds material including an appendix on Hiebfechten and broader historical commentary on fencing masters and schools. The work is an important printed witness for the Kreußler fencing tradition.

Gelli cites the 1780 Gottingen edition in detail and also notes a second edition at Helmstadt, 1761; the local Kahn records already cover the title family and the enlarged 1761 edition.

Castle also records the Göttingen 1739 Anthon Friedrich Kahn witness and notes the later Helmstädt reissue of 1761.

Vigeant 1882 presents Kahn as one of the most remarkable German masters and records the 1739 Gottingen original with the Fritsch portrait after Cuerland and 25 triple-engraving plates, followed by a 1761 Helmstadt second edition conforming to the original.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleAnfangsgründe der Fechtkunst
AuthorAnton Friedrich Kahn
Earliest publication date1739
LanguageGerman
CountryGermany
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
Anton Friedrich Kahn
Bibliography and CataloguesFencing
Authority Roles
Author
Anton Friedrich Kahn
Edition History
Anfangsgründe der Fechtkunst — Anthon Friedrich Kahn 1739
CityGoettingen
PublisherNot specified
PrinterSchultzen Universitäts-Buchdrucker
Format4to
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
Vigeant 1882, pp. 74-75: Goettingen, gedruckt bey Schultzen Universitats-Buchdrucker, 1739. In-4to with portrait engraved by F. Fritsch after a painting by Cuerland and 25 plates of 3 copper engravings each outside the text; dedication and preface.

Quality phase 101k: production/publication place recovered from an explicit, manifestation-matching statement after individual review.

Quality phase 101m: explicit imprint agent linked after final individual review.
Anfangsgründe der Fechtkunst: neue und vermehrte Ausgabe 1761
CityHelmstadt
PublisherChristian Friedrich Weygand
PrinterNot specified
Format4to
Pages3 leaves, 52, 164, 36 p.
Dimensions21.5 × 17.5 cm
Source pages: 177. Bracketed notes: ["25copperplates. (Containsabibliography, рр.16,17.)"] Helmstädt, Christian Friedrich Weygand, 1761. New and enlarged edition. Local review notes collate the edition as 3 ff. + 52 + 164 + 36 pp., quarto, with engraved author portrait and 25 folding copperplates. Cross-references preserved from local research: VD18 10570160; Thimm 153; Lipperheide Td 45; Gelli 262.

Vigeant 1882, p. 75: Helmstadt, chez Christian Friedrich Weygrand, 1761. Second edition conforming in all points to the original.

Quality phase 101a: physical extent recovered from the existing bibliographic note.

Quality phase 185: exact copy description re-verifies VD18 10570160.
Digital Witnesses
Google Play Books - Anfangsgründe der Fechtkunst (1761)
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Google Play / Google Books landing page for the 1761 edition of Kahn.
Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek record - Anfangsgründe der Fechtkunst (1761)
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DDB landing page for the 1761 edition; local notes indicate the item indexes a digital witness from Göttingen/SUB.
Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P078-E003
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 78 · Entry CAS-P078-E003
Gelli entry GEL-P299-E002
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 299 · Entry GEL-P299-E002
Gelli entry GEL-P299-E003
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 299 · Entry GEL-P299-E003
Thimm entry 1168
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 177 · Entry 1168
Vigeant entry VIG-P074-E002
Vigeant (1882)
Arsène Vigeant, La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1882.
Pages 74-75 · Entry VIG-P074-E002