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The History and Examination of Duels
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The History and Examination of Duels

Book 1720 English United Kingdom

John Cockburn

First edition bibliographically demonstrated by ESTC T118651: London, 1720; a privately printed two-volumes-in-one edition of 275 copies appeared in Edinburgh in 1888. The inherited 1677 date lacked manifestation evidence and was removed in enrichment phase 564.

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1 References
Bibliographic Overview
TitleThe History and Examination of Duels
AuthorJohn Cockburn
Earliest publication date1720
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited Kingdom
Document typeBook
Authority statement
John Cockburn
Duelling
Authority Roles
Author
John Cockburn
Edition History
The History and Examination of Duels 1720
CityLondon
PublisherG. Strahan et al.
PrinterNot specified
Format8°
Pages[16], xvi, [6], 458, [2] p.
DimensionsNot specified
Later edition recorded by Thimm.

Quality phase 266 IA visual review: John Cockburn, The History and Examination of Duels, London: sold by G. Strahan and six associated booksellers, 1720; [16], xvi, [6], 458, [2] pages, including the final errata leaf (ESTC T118651).

Quality phase 437: the inherited 1677 manifestation was rejected; this exact 1720 edition is the earliest bibliographically demonstrated edition in the family.

Cover retrieved from Internet Archive item the-history-and-examination-of-deuls-1720 in phase 636; official item image or verified title page, validated at 180×327 pixels.
History of Duels 1888
CityEdinburgh
PublisherNot specified
PrinterNot specified
Format8°
Pages2 v. in 1: 62; 54 p.
DimensionsNot specified
Privately printed edition, two volumes in one; 275 copies.

Quality phase 235: manifestation identity and surviving publication evidence individually reviewed.

Quality phase 300: exact specialist descriptions establish the privately printed Edinburgh 1888 issue as two volumes in one (62 and 54 pages), octavo, limited to 275 copies. No named printer or publisher was supplied, so no authority entity was invented.

Cover retrieved from the official Google Books cover endpoint for volume eeXMNq-w0ZUC in phase 637; validated at 300×440 pixels.
Digital Witnesses
Internet Archive — The history and examination of duels; 1720
Facsimile HTML OCR
Internet Archive · open
Exact manifestation match located during the complete external research campaign of quality phase 264 (2026-08-25). Catalogue identifier: the-history-and-examination-of-deuls-1720.

Official Internet Archive image used as the cover for edition 3898 in phase 636.
Google Books record — Cockburn, History of Duels, vol. 2 (1888)
Catalogue HTML OCR
Google Books / KU Leuven Libraries · open
Manifestation-matching source linked in quality phase 235.

Official Google Books cover image used for edition 2172 in phase 637.
Scholarly References
Thimm entry 485
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 72 · Entry 485