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An Introductory Course of Fencing

Book 1837 English United Kingdom

George Roland

R-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-r, source entry 1813.

Gelli states that the undated second edition belongs to the 1837 introductory course family and that the 1837 work itself is a reduction of Roland's 1828 treatise.

Vigeant 1882 describes the 1837 Introductory Course as a theoretical reduction of George Roland's 1823 treatise and also notes an undated second edition printed at Edinburgh. phase 89: former work 1881 individually reviewed and consolidated here.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleAn Introductory Course of Fencing
AuthorGeorge Roland
Earliest publication date1837
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited Kingdom
Document typeBook
Authority statement
George Roland
Fencing
Authority Roles
Author
George Roland
Edition History
An Introductory Course of Fencing 1837
CityEdinburgh
PublisherGeorge Roland (self-published)
PrinterNot specified
FormatSlim 8vo
Pages41 p.
Dimensions24 × 15 cm
Source pages: 283. Bracketed notes: ["5plates."]

Vigeant 1882, p. 112: Edinburgh and London, 1837. In-8 with 5 lithographed plates. Described as a theoretical reduction of the 1823 treatise.

Quality phase 117: Edinburgh 1837 first edition: 41 pages and five lithographic plates; 24 × 15 cm, octavo.

Quality phase 186: primary publication place corrected to Edinburgh. Self-published and sold at Roland’s class-rooms and by Oliver & Boyd; Simpkin, Marshall & Co. was the London seller.
An Introductory Course of Fencing 1846
CityLondon
PublisherSimpkin
PrinterNot specified
FormatNot specified
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
London: Simpkin, 1846; later edition of George Roland’s introductory course.

Quality phase 101b: publication city recovered from the explicit opening imprint in this note.

Quality phase 101c: imprint agent recovered from the explicit opening statement and matched to the same-city authority.
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Scholarly References
Gelli entry GEL-P546-E001
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 546 · Entry GEL-P546-E001
Gelli entry GEL-P546-E002
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 546 · Entry GEL-P546-E002
Thimm entry 1837
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 283 · Entry 1837
Thimm entry 1838
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 283 · Entry 1838
Vigeant entry VIG-P112-E001
Vigeant (1882)
Arsène Vigeant, La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1882.
Pages 112 · Entry VIG-P112-E001