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Les duels célèbres

Treatise 1884 French

Charles-Maurice de Vaux (Baron de Vaux)

Normalized as the Vaux work Les duels célèbres. Gelli describes a luxury illustrated edition, prefaced by Aurélien Scholl, valuable mainly for duel history and anecdotal documentation rather than technical fencing instruction. phase 93: former work 2812 individually reviewed and consolidated here.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleLes duels célèbres
AuthorCharles-Maurice de Vaux (Baron de Vaux)
Earliest publication date1884
LanguageFrench
CountryNot specified
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
Baron de Vaux ; préf. Aurélien Scholl
Duelling
Authority Roles
Author
Charles-Maurice de Vaux (Baron de Vaux)
Editor
Aurélien Scholl
Edition History
Les duels célèbres 1884
CityParis
PublisherRouveyre et G. Blond
PrinterNot specified
Format8°
PagesIn-8° , XXXII-181 p., fig., pl., portr.
DimensionsNot specified
Paris, 1884, Rouveyre et G. Blond. Gelli notes a 650-copy luxury issue, coloured cover, frontispiece, numerous portraits and illustrations, and letters by Aurélien Scholl and the marquis de Castellane-Norante.

Quality phase 292: The Paris 1884 luxury issue is explicitly described as illustrated, with frontispiece and numerous portraits.
Digital Witnesses
Bibliothèque nationale de France — Les Duels célèbres. Préface par Aurélien Scholl. [À M. le Bon de Vaux. Le Point d'honneur, par le Mis de Castellane-Norante.]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France · open
Exact manifestation match located during the complete external research campaign of quality phase 264 (2026-08-25). Catalogue identifier: ark:/12148/cb31550407x.

Phase 638 cover audit: the official BnF Catalogue cover API was queried for this exact ARK and returned no available image.

Cover audit phase 719: reviewed in the complete frozen 821-candidate pass. Disposition=catalogue_or_finding_aid. Bibliographic catalogue/finding-aid record; useful for identity, but not itself an edition image source. External probe: HTTP 429; content type text/html; charset=iso-8859-1.

Cover audit phase 740: final outcome=no_image_catalogue_only; bibliographic catalogue or finding-aid record; retained for authority control, but it does not expose a reusable manifestation image.
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Scholarly References
Gelli entry GEL-P502-E001
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 502,503 · Entry GEL-P502-E001
Thimm entry 1967
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 305 · Entry 1967
Thimm entry 2233b — Scholl/Vaux cross-reference, 1881 and 1882.
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Entry 2233b
Thimm entry 2279
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 370 · Entry 2279
Reference Snapshot
Digital status Catalogued
Primary edition Les duels célèbres
Publisher Rouveyre et G. Blond
City Paris
Format 8°
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