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, uniting the scotch and austrian methods into one regular system. To which are added remarks on the spadroon
1798
CityLondon
PublisherT. Egerton
PrinterNot specified
FormatNot specified
Pages[4], 118 p.
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 329.
Vigeant 1882, p. 116: London, printed for T. Egerton, military library, near Whitehall, 1798. Second edition. In-8 with 8 outline plates by Bantree.
Quality phase 101k: production/publication place recovered from an explicit, manifestation-matching statement after individual review.
Quality phase 101n: final residual explicit imprint linked; ambiguity was retained where the source does not distinguish agent role or place.
Quality phase 126: cover from mislinked exact resource moved to manifestation 4100.
Quality phase 268: The Art of Defence on Foot with the Broad Sword and Sabre, London: T. Egerton, 1798. Exact facsimile: four unnumbered preliminary pages and pages 1–118.
Transferred from duplicate work 2622 in quality phase 280.
Cover retrieved from Internet Archive item bim_eighteenth-century_the-art-of-defence-on-fo_roworth-c_1798 in phase 636; official item image or verified title page, validated at 180×311 pixels.
The Art of Defence on Foot with the Broad-Sword and Sabre, adapted for the Volunteers of London and Westminster
1804
CityLondon
PublisherT. Egerton
PrinterC. Roworth
FormatNot specified
Pages[4], 118 p.
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).
Quality phase 268: The Art of Defence on Foot, London: printed for T. Egerton by C. Roworth, 1804. Exact facsimile and bibliographic collation: [4], 118 pages and 13 engraved plates, some folded.
Quality phase 292: The London 1804 manifestation contains thirteen engraved plates.
Quality phase 433: duplicate 3822 consolidated here; Charles Roworth is the principal author and John Taylor contributed the ten lessons.
Cover retrieved from Internet Archive item artdefenceonfoo01taylgoog in phase 636; official item image or verified title page, validated at 752×1210 pixels.
The Art of Defence on Foot, with the Broad Sword and Sabre — New York fourth edition
1824
CityNew York
PublisherH. Durell
PrinterNot specified
Format8°
Pages2 preliminary leaves, 113 p.
DimensionsNot specified
Created in quality phase 126 (2026-08-15) from an exact institutional digital manifestation.
Witness imported from Online Books Page art/science of defence search.
Duplicate edition 3752 consolidated in quality phase 280.
Transferred from duplicate work 2622 in quality phase 280.
Quality phase 447: NYPL confirms this as the 1824 New York fourth edition: Charles Roworth is the author, John Taylor contributed the ten lessons, and Sir Robert Ker Porter illustrated the plates. The erroneous William Taylor author link was removed.
Quality phase 667: the former cover mapping was cleared after visual and SHA-256 inspection proved that the file was a generic Google digitization notice rather than a cover or title page. The linked digital witness remains intact for targeted title-page recovery.
Quality phase 668: a manifestation-specific title/opening page was recovered from Internet Archive item artdefenceonfoo00taylgoog, leaf n10, after generic Google placeholder rejection and individual visual verification; 1517x2667, 277295 bytes.
