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La noble science des joueurs d'espee

Treatise 1538 French Belgium

PAURNFEINDT

French printed translation of the Paurnfeindt tradition, issued at Antwerp by Guillaume Vasterman in 1538. Modern scholarship confirms this as a real printed fight-book witness rather than a mere reference note.

Castle records the anonymous French tradition in two closely related sixteenth-century states: a Paris witness read as 1533 (?) and an Antwerp witness read as 1535 or 1538. The catalogue keeps a single work record for this publication family. Phase 87: edition represented by former work 1701 was individually verified and consolidated here.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleLa noble science des joueurs d'espee
AuthorPAURNFEINDT
Earliest publication date1538
LanguageFrench
CountryBelgium
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
Anonymous; after Andre Paurnfeindt
Authority Roles
Author
PAURNFEINDT
Edition History
La noble science des joueurs d'espée — French translation of Andre Pauernfeindt 1538
CityAntwerp
PublisherNot specified
PrinterWillem Vorsterman
Format4°
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
Anvers, 1538, imprime par Guillaume Vasterman. Gelli notes 33 woodcuts and treats the book as technically weak but important for the transmission of Spanish fencing in Flanders.

The 1533? date and divergent woodcut counts in legacy notes are retained as source conflicts, not asserted as manifestation facts. The academic census identifies one Antwerp printing by Willem Vorsterman in 1538.

Duplicate manifestation 1629 consolidated in quality phase 151 (2026-08-15). Alternate imported title: NOBLE SCIENCE des joueursd'espée. Preserved source note: Source pages: 238. Bracketed notes: ["1533?", "This is thefirstknown FrenchworkofFence, andis curiouslyenoughshown tobeatranslationfromtheGermanofPaurnfeindt.", "Icicommence untrès beau livret, contenant la chevaleureuse science desjoueursd'espée,pour apprendreàjouerdel'espéeàdeuxmainsetaultressemblablesespées, avecaussilesbraquemarset aultrescourtscousteauxlesquelslonuse àunemain .", "Blackletter. 14whole-pageand12half-pagewoodcuts.", "PAURNFEINDT(A.)"]
Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P081-E001
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 81 · Entry CAS-P081-E001
Castle entry CAS-P081-E001B
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 81 · Entry CAS-P081-E001B
Gelli entry GEL-P424-E001
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 424 · Entry GEL-P424-E001
Gelli entry GEL-P424-E002
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 424 · Entry GEL-P424-E002
Thimm entry 1567
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 238 · Entry 1567
Thimm entry 1649
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 254 · Entry 1649
Thimm entry 1650
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 254 · Entry 1650
Reference Snapshot
Digital status Catalogued
Primary edition La noble science des joueurs d'espée — French translation of Andre Pauernfeindt
Publisher Not specified
City Antwerp
Format 4°
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