Fencing familiarised, or a new treatise on the art of the Scotch broad sword, shewing the superiorityof that weapon when opposed to an enemyarmed with a spear, pike, orgunandbayonet
Treatise1805EnglishUnited Kingdom
MATHEWSON, T. Mathewson
M-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-m, source entry 1400.
Gelli confirms the Salford 1805 issue, the Roxbrough Fencible Cavalry attribution, and the 13 out-of-text plates.
TitleFencing familiarised, or a new treatise on the art of the Scotch broad sword, shewing the superiorityof that weapon when opposed to an enemyarmed with a spear, pike, orgunandbayonet
Fencing familiarised, or a new treatise on the art of the Scotch broad sword, shewing the superiorityof that weapon when opposed to an enemyarmed with a spear, pike, orgunandbayonet1805
CitySalford
PublisherPrinted by W. Cowdray, junr.
PrinterNot specified
Format8°
Pages13 Scotch broadsword illustrations
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 216. Bracketed notes: ["Lieutenant and Riding Master in the late Roxbrough Fencible Cavalry", "13plates, outofthetext."]
Quality phase 289: The exact 1805 Mathewson witness is described with thirteen instructional plates. Source transcription: https://swordfight.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Fencing-Familiarised-Thomas-Mathewson-transcription-Proofed.pdf
Quality phase 466: the source confirms thirteen illustrations in the Salford 1805 manifestation; exact text pagination remains unresolved.
Digital Witnesses
Thimm bibliography — phase 466 edition 2484
CataloguePDF
Thimm bibliography · open
Research witness linked in quality phase 466 (50-edition batch).
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 540 · Entry GEL-P540-E003
Thimm entry 1424
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 216 · Entry 1424
Reference Snapshot
Digital statusCatalogued
Primary editionFencing familiarised, or a new treatise on the art of the Scotch broad sword, shewing the superiorityof that weapon when opposed to an enemyarmed with a spear, pike, orgunandbayonet
