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The Fencer’s Guide
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The Fencer’s Guide

Treatise 1771 English United Kingdom

Andrew Lonnergan

London: W. Griffin, 1771–1772; complete four-part system of small-sword, broad-sword and spadroon play.

2 Editions
2 Resources
0 Holdings
5 References
Bibliographic Overview
TitleThe Fencer’s Guide
AuthorAndrew Lonnergan
Earliest publication date1771
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited Kingdom
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
Andrew Lonnergan
Fencing
Authority Roles
Author
Andrew Lonnergan
Edition History
The Fencer's Guide 1771
CityLondon
PublisherPrinted for the author; sold by W. Griffin
PrinterNot specified
FormatNot specified
Pages268 p.
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 195.

Quality phase 464: Google Books and the contemporary imprint confirm London 1771, printed for the author and sold by W. Griffin, 268 pages.

Cover retrieved from the official Google Books cover endpoint for volume EAgZAAAAYAAJ in phase 637; validated at 300×549 pixels.
The Fencer's Guide 1772
CityLondon
PublisherPrinted for the author; sold by W. Griffin
PrinterNot specified
Format8°
Pagesxv, [17], 268, [2] p.
DimensionsNot specified
Vigeant 1882, p. 85: London, 1772. In-8vo short witness for the Lonnergan guide family.

Quality phase 101f: city recovered from a unique city-plus-matching-year statement in the bibliographic note.

Quality phase 432: the exact Folger/ESTC record establishes the full imprint and collation; the record retains 1772 as the later point of the 1771–1772 issue span reported by contemporary bibliographies.
Digital Witnesses
Google Books — Lonnergan, The Fencer’s Guide
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Google Books · open
Research witness linked in quality phase 464 (50-edition batch).

Official Google Books cover image used for edition 2361 in phase 637.
The Fencer’s Guide — ESTC/Folger record
Catalogue HTML OCR
Folger Shakespeare Library · open
Research witness linked in quality phase 432.

Quality phase 690: individually reviewed the Folger record and its linked resources for cover recovery; exact electronic-reproduction record, but access is through Gale/ECCO and no public cover image is exposed.

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 202; content type text/html; charset=UTF-8.

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.
Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P064-E005
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 64-65 · Entry CAS-P064-E005
Gelli entry GEL-P538-E003
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 538,539 · Entry GEL-P538-E003
Thimm entry 1299
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 195 · Entry 1299
Thimm entry 1300
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 195 · Entry 1300
Vigeant entry VIG-P085-E001
Vigeant (1882)
Arsène Vigeant, La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1882.
Pages 85 · Entry VIG-P085-E001