Gründliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens

Source pages: 222. Bracketed notes: ["Freyfechter zu Strasburg", "Getruckt zu Strasburg bey Thiebolt Berger am Weynmarkt zum Treubel. Numerous woodcuts."] Full title-page wording preserved after normalization on August 6, 2026: `Gründliche Beschreibung der Freyen, Ritterlichen und Adelichen Kunst des Fechtens in allerley gebreuchlichen Wehren,mit vil schönen und nützlichen Figuren gezieret und furgestellet`.

Gelli notes a woodcut title page in red and black, the Duke of Bavaria arms as a second frontispiece, and 71 woodcuts.

Vigeant 1882, pp. 93-94: Strasbourg, Thiebolt Berger, 1570. Oblong quarto with woodcut title-frontispiece, arms of the Duke of Bavaria on the verso of the title, and 71 woodcuts.

Quality phase 101j: explicit publisher/printer statement linked after individual review.

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek catalogue reviewed in quality phase 161 (2026-08-15): exact 1570 Berger manifestation; extent [8], LXIIII, [1], CVII, XLVII leaves and 462 digitization scans. The 71 woodcuts already documented in the source notes are integral illustrations.

Augsburg, 1610, bey Michael Manger in Verlegung Elias Willers. Gelli notes 68 woodcuts and judges this reissue less careful than the original.

Vigeant 1882, pp. 94-95: Augsburg, 1610. Second edition conforming to the first, but with less careful printing and worn plates, which Vigeant takes as a sign of a large original run.

Quality phase 101j: incorrect inherited or malformed city replaced after individual edition review.

Quality phase 101j: explicit publisher/printer statement linked after individual review.

Augsburg, 1660. Gelli cites this as a third edition of the 1570 work.

Quality phase 101m: explicit manifestation place recovered or corrected during final imprint review.