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The English Master of Defence
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The English Master of Defence

Book 1711 English United Kingdom

Zachary Wylde

W-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-w, source entry 2376. Retitled from long descriptive title; semicolons are intrinsic to the work.

Castle also records Zach. Wylde as the York 1711 author of The English Master of Defence.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleThe English Master of Defence
AuthorZachary Wylde
Earliest publication date1711
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited Kingdom
Document typeBook
Authority Roles
Author
Zachary Wylde
Edition History
The English Master of Defence, or the Gentleman's Al-a-Mode Accomplishment. Containing theTrueArt of Single-Rapier or Small-Sword, withal the curious Parres and manymorethanthevulgarTerms ofArtplainlyexprest; withthe namesof everyparticularPass and the true performancethereof; withalthe exquisiteWays of Disarming and Enclosing, andallthe Guards at Broad-Sword and Quarter-Staff,perfectlydemonstrated; shewing how the Blows, Strokes, Chops,Thro's, Flirts, Slips, and Darts are perform'd; with the True Method of Travesing 1711
CityYork
PublisherPrinted by John White, for the author
PrinterNot specified
Format8°
Pages[2], 40 p.
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 386,387. Bracketed notes: ["This copyhasanautographdedicationby theauthor."]

Quality phase 122: Exact 1711 digital manifestation. Core metadata reviewed from the exact institutional surrogate.

Physical extent verified against an exact-manifestation external catalog record in quality phase 143 (2026-08-15).
Digital Witnesses
Internet Archive facsimile - English master of defence
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Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P061-E002
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 61 · Entry CAS-P061-E002
Thimm entry 2400
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 386,387 · Entry 2400
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Digital status Catalogued
Primary edition The English Master of Defence, or the Gentleman's Al-a-Mode Accomplishment. Containing theTrueArt of Single-Rapier or Small-Sword, withal the curious Parres and manymorethanthevulgarTerms ofArtplainlyexprest; withthe namesof everyparticularPass and the true performancethereof; withalthe exquisiteWays of Disarming and Enclosing, andallthe Guards at Broad-Sword and Quarter-Staff,perfectlydemonstrated; shewing how the Blows, Strokes, Chops,Thro's, Flirts, Slips, and Darts are perform'd; with the True Method of Travesing
Publisher Printed by John White, for the author
City York
Format 8°
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