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The Art of Defence on Foot with the Broad-Sword and Sabre, uniting Scotch and Austrian Methods into one Regular System. To which are added Remarks on the Spadroon. 2nd edition
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The Art of Defence on Foot with the Broad-Sword and Sabre, uniting Scotch and Austrian Methods into one Regular System. To which are added Remarks on the Spadroon. 2nd edition

Treatise 1798 English United Kingdom

ROWORTH

R-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-r, source entry 1853.

Castle also records the 1798 London second edition of C. Roworth's broad-sword and sabre treatise. phase 89: former work 1921 individually reviewed and consolidated here.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleThe Art of Defence on Foot with the Broad-Sword and Sabre, uniting Scotch and Austrian Methods into one Regular System. To which are added Remarks on the Spadroon. 2nd edition
AuthorROWORTH
Earliest publication date1798
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited Kingdom
Document typeTreatise
Swordsmanship BroadswordSabreSword
Authority Roles
Author
ROWORTH
Illustrator
R. K. Porter
Edition History
The Art of Defence on Foot with the Broad-Sword and Sabre, uniting Scotch and Austrian Methods into one Regular System. To which are added Remarks on the Spadroon. 2nd edition 1798
CityLondon
PublisherEgerton
PrinterNot specified
Format8°
Pages[2], 108 p.
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 289. Bracketed notes: ["of the Royal Westminster Volunteers", "Plates.", "ROWORTH (C.)"]

Quality phase 109: the 1798 T. Egerton manifestation is collated as [2], 108 pages. A plate count was deliberately not entered because descriptions of the first and second 1798 states differ.
The Art of Defence on Foot with the Broad-Sword and Sabre, adapted for the Volunteers of London and Westminster 1804
CityLondon
PublisherNot specified
PrinterNot specified
FormatNot specified
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
London, 1804; revised Roworth edition with plates by R. K. Porter.

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

Witness imported from Online Books Page art/science of defence search.

Duplicate manifestation 3751 consolidated in quality phase 130 (2026-08-15).
The Art of Defence on Foot, with the Broad Sword and Sabre 1824
CityNot specified
PublisherNot specified
PrinterNot specified
FormatNot specified
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
Witness imported from Online Books Page art/science of defence search.
Digital Witnesses
Internet Archive facsimile - Art of defence on foot (1804 copy)
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Internet Archive · open
Relinked to exact year-specific manifestation 4012 in quality phase 130 (2026-08-15).
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HathiTrust digital facsimile record, 1804 manifestation
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HathiTrust · open
Imported from The Online Books Page keyword search "sword" with publication date <= 1920. Relinked to exact year-specific manifestation 4012 in quality phase 130 (2026-08-15).
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The Online Books Page record, 1804 manifestation
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The Online Books Page · open
Imported from The Online Books Page keyword search "sword" with publication date <= 1920. Relinked to exact year-specific manifestation 4012 in quality phase 130 (2026-08-15).
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Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P067-E004
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 67 · Entry CAS-P067-E004
Thimm entry 1877
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 289 · Entry 1877
Thimm entry 1878
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 289 · Entry 1878
Reference Snapshot
Digital status Catalogued
Primary edition The Art of Defence on Foot with the Broad-Sword and Sabre, uniting Scotch and Austrian Methods into one Regular System. To which are added Remarks on the Spadroon. 2nd edition
Publisher Egerton
City London
Format 8°
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