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Manuel d’escrime, approuvé par le Ministre de la Guerre le 18 mai 1877

Book 1878 French France

France. Ministère de la Guerre

M-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-m, source entry 1345. Normalized as institutional or periodical material during bibliographic review.

Gelli explicitly describes the 1878 line as the reprint of the 1877 minister-approved military fencing manual, preserving the Vincennes-school attribution.

Quality phase 656: work 2423 consolidated into this canonical work. Same French War Ministry manual; all dated manifestations are retained. Former title: Manuel d’escrime, approuvé par le Ministre de la Guerre le 18 mai 1877. Former author statement: French War Ministry. Former description: Official French fencing manual; editions recorded from 1881 through 1893. Former historical notes: Official French fencing manual; editions recorded from 1881 through 1893.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleManuel d’escrime, approuvé par le Ministre de la Guerre le 18 mai 1877
AuthorFrance. Ministère de la Guerre
Earliest publication date1878
LanguageFrench
CountryFrance
Document typeBook
Authority statement
France. Ministère de la Guerre
Fencing
Authority Roles
Author
France. Ministère de la Guerre
Edition History
Manuel d’escrime, approuvé par le Ministre de la Guerre 1878
CityParis
PublisherJ. Dumaine
PrinterNot specified
Format32°
Pages40 figures
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 204. Bracketed notes: ["40figures."]

Quality phase 289: The exact 1878 manual is described with forty figures but no reliable physical plate-leaf count.

Quality phase 476: normalized the OCR-damaged title; Thimm confirms forty figures.
Manuel d’escrime, approuvé par le Ministre de la Guerre le 18 mai 1877 1881
CityParis
PublisherJ. Dumaine
PrinterNot specified
Format32°
PagesFigures in text (count not stated)
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 204. Bracketed notes: ["Avecfiguresdansletexte."]

Quality phase 476: Thimm confirms figures in the text but gives no safe count.

Quality phase 656: retained as a distinct manifestation under canonical work 2422.
Manuel d’escrime, approuvé par le Ministre de la Guerre le 18 mai 1877 1883
CityParis
PublisherL. Baudoin et Cie
PrinterNot specified
Format32°
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
Later official edition; Paris.

Quality phase 233: explicit manifestation entry recovered from Thimm and linked as evidence.

Quality phase 440: corrected Thimm OCR from Baudoni to Baudoin; exact pagination remains unresolved.

Quality phase 656: retained as a distinct manifestation under canonical work 2422.
Manuel d’escrime, approuvé par le Ministre de la Guerre le 18 mai 1877 1888
CityParis
PublisherL. Baudoin et Cie
PrinterNot specified
FormatNot specified
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
Later official edition; Paris.

Quality phase 233: explicit manifestation entry recovered from Thimm and linked as evidence.

Quality phase 440: corrected Thimm OCR from Baudoni to Baudoin; exact pagination and format remain unresolved.

Quality phase 656: retained as a distinct manifestation under canonical work 2422.
Manuel d’escrime, approuvé par le Ministre de la Guerre le 18 mai 1877 1890
CityParis
PublisherH. Charles-Lavauzelle
PrinterNot specified
Format16°
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
Later official edition; Paris.

Quality phase 233: explicit manifestation entry recovered from Thimm and linked as evidence.

Quality phase 305: the exact BnF record identifies H. Charles-Lavauzelle at Paris and Limoges, 1890, 16°, 3rd edition. The former L. Baudoni et Cie attribution was corrected.

Quality phase 314 terminal source review: the exact BnF record confirms the 1890 manifestation, but no exact collation was exposed; pagination from differently dated issues was not transferred.

Quality phase 656: retained as a distinct manifestation under canonical work 2422.
Manuel d’escrime, approuvé par le Ministre de la Guerre le 18 mai 1877 1893
CityParis
PublisherH. Charles-Lavauzelle
PrinterNot specified
Format32°
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
Later official edition; Paris.

Quality phase 233: explicit manifestation entry recovered from Thimm and linked as evidence.

Quality phase 305: the exact BnF record identifies H. Charles-Lavauzelle at Paris and Limoges, 1893, 32°, 4th edition. The former L. Baudoni et Cie attribution was corrected.

Quality phase 314 terminal source review: the exact BnF record confirms the 1893 manifestation, but no exact collation was exposed; pagination from differently dated issues was not transferred.

Quality phase 656: retained as a distinct manifestation under canonical work 2422.
Digital Witnesses
Thimm bibliography — phase 476 edition 2432
Catalogue PDF
Thimm bibliography · open
Research witness linked in quality phase 476 (50-edition batch).
Consult resource
Thimm bibliography — phase 476 edition 2431
Catalogue PDF
Thimm bibliography · open
Research witness linked in quality phase 476 (50-edition batch).
Consult resource
Bibliothèque nationale de France — Ministère de la guerre. Manuel d'escrime approuvé par M. le Ministre de la guerre le 18 mai 1877
Catalogue HTML
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/cb33974538t.

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 503; 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.
Consult resource
Bibliothèque nationale de France — Ministère de la guerre. Manuel d'escrime approuvé par M. le Ministre de la guerre le 18 mai 1877
Catalogue HTML
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/cb33974537g.

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 503; 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.
Consult resource
Thimm entry — edition 3957
PDF OCR
Carl A. Thimm / Mori BZ · open
Exact manifestation entry located in the bibliography during quality phase 233.
Consult resource
Thimm entry — edition 3956
PDF OCR
Carl A. Thimm / Mori BZ · open
Exact manifestation entry located in the bibliography during quality phase 233.
Consult resource
Thimm entry — edition 3955
PDF OCR
Carl A. Thimm / Mori BZ · open
Exact manifestation entry located in the bibliography during quality phase 233.
Consult resource
Thimm entry — edition 3954
PDF OCR
Carl A. Thimm / Mori BZ · open
Exact manifestation entry located in the bibliography during quality phase 233.
Consult resource
Scholarly References
Gelli entry GEL-P433-E001
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 433 · Entry GEL-P433-E001
Gelli entry GEL-P433-E002
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 433 · Entry GEL-P433-E002
Gelli entry GEL-P434-E002
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 434 · Entry GEL-P434-E002
Gelli entry GEL-P434-E003
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 434 · Entry GEL-P434-E003
Gelli entry GEL-P442-E004
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 442 · Entry GEL-P442-E004
Thimm entry 1369
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 204 · Entry 1369
Thimm entry 1370
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 204 · Entry 1370
Thimm entry 1371
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 204 · Entry 1371
Reference Snapshot
Digital status Catalogued
Primary edition Manuel d’escrime, approuvé par le Ministre de la Guerre
Publisher J. Dumaine
City Paris
Format 32°
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