A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing

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A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing

Manuscript 1823 English United Kingdom

George Roland

R-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-r, source entry 1812.

Quality phase 656: work 3682 consolidated into this canonical work. Same George Roland treatise; Edinburgh 1823 and London 1824 remain distinct manifestations. Former title: A treatise on the theory and practice of the Art of Fencing. Former author statement: George Roland. Former description: none Former historical notes: English fencing treatise by George Roland, son of Joseph Roland, recorded by Vigeant 1882 from the Edinburgh and London 1823 witness with twelve lithographed plates.

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Bibliographic Overview

TitleA Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing

AuthorGeorge Roland

Earliest publication date1823

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited Kingdom

Document typeManuscript

Authority statement

George Roland

Fencing

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Author

George Roland

Edition History

A treatise on the theory and practice of the Art of Fencing 1823

CityEdinburgh

PublisherArchd. Constable and Company

PrinterNot specified

Format8vo

Pagesxviii, 22–181 p.

DimensionsNot specified

Vigeant 1882, pp. 111-112: Edinburgh, Archd. Constable and Company; London, Hurst, Robinson and Company, 1823. In-8 with 12 lithographed plates outside the text, dedication and preface.

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

Quality phase 267: George Roland, A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Company, 1823. xviii, 22–181 pages, frontispiece and 12 plates.

Cover retrieved from Internet Archive item a-treatise-on-the-theory-of-fencing-1823-images in phase 636; official item image or verified title page, validated at 180×284 pixels.

Quality phase 656: retained as a distinct manifestation under canonical work 1879.

A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing 1824

CityLondon

PublisherWilliam Sams

PrinterNot specified

Format8°

Pagesxviii, 22–181 p.; 12 lithographic plates

DimensionsNot specified

Source pages: 283. Bracketed notes: ["12plates. Aduplicateofthepreceding, with anewtitle-page.", "Fencing-master of the Royal Academy, the Scottish Naval and MilitaryAcademy, &c., &c.", "5lithographedplates"]

Quality phase 468: corrected 1827 to Roland’s documented London 1824 reissue with a new title page; collation follows the same sheets as the 1823 Edinburgh issue.

Digital Witnesses

A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing (1823)

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Université des Antilles — Manioc · open

Exact digitised 1823 Edinburgh title-page witness.

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Dominic Winter — George Roland 1824 issue

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Dominic Winter · open

Research witness linked in quality phase 468 (50-edition batch).

Cover audit phase 719: reviewed in the complete frozen 821-candidate pass. Disposition=commercial_listing. Commercial or auction listing; image stability, rights and exact-edition provenance are insufficient for automatic reuse. External probe: HTTP 202; content type text/html; charset=utf-8.

Cover audit phase 740: final outcome=commercial_image_not_adopted; commercial listing retained as provenance evidence; unstable or rights-unclear sales imagery was not adopted.

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Internet Archive — A treatise on the theory and practice of the art of fencing (1823) by George Roland.

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Internet Archive · open

Exact manifestation match located during the complete external research campaign of quality phase 264 (2026-08-25). Catalogue identifier: a-treatise-on-the-theory-of-fencing-1823-images.

Official Internet Archive image used as the cover for edition 3820 in phase 636.

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Scholarly References

Thimm entry 1836

Thimm (1896)

Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.

Pages 283 · Entry 1836

Vigeant entry VIG-P111-E002

Vigeant (1882)

Arsène Vigeant, La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1882.

Pages 111-112 · Entry VIG-P111-E002

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