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An improved System of Fencing

Treatise 1819 English United Kingdom

C. Martelli

English-language fencing manual published at London in 1819 by C. Martelli, presented as a former pupil of the Florentine academy and instructor to members of the Parisian nobility.

Vigeant 1882 records the London 1819 Martelli manual as a 12mo with a folding plate containing twelve copper engravings and an authorial preface.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleAn improved System of Fencing
AuthorC. Martelli
Earliest publication date1819
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited Kingdom
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
C. Martelli
Fencing
Authority Roles
Author
C. Martelli
Edition History
An improved System of Fencing 1819
CityLondon
PublisherJ. Bailey
PrinterNot specified
Format
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
Gelli describes the London 1819 J. Chancery Bailey printing as a manual with a folding engraved plate containing 12 figures and a prefatory section.

Vigeant 1882, p. 92: London, printed by J. Chancery, Bailey Lane, 1819. In-12 with a folding plate carrying 12 copper engravings, plus an authorial preface.
Scholarly References
Gelli entry GEL-P178-E002
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 178 · Entry 002
Thimm entry 1401
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 213 · Entry 1401
Vigeant entry VIG-P092-E002
Vigeant (1882)
Arsène Vigeant, La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1882.
Pages 92 · Entry VIG-P092-E002