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The art of defence on foot with the Broad Sword and sabre, uniting the scotch and austrian methods into one regular system. To which are added remarks on the spadroon
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The art of defence on foot with the Broad Sword and sabre, uniting the scotch and austrian methods into one regular system. To which are added remarks on the spadroon

Treatise 1798

William Taylor

T-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-t, source entry 2113.

Vigeant 1882 resolves this former shell as the 1798 second edition of Roworth's broad sword and sabre manual, printed for T. Egerton with eight outline plates by Bantree.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleThe art of defence on foot with the Broad Sword and sabre, uniting the scotch and austrian methods into one regular system. To which are added remarks on the spadroon
AuthorWilliam Taylor
Earliest publication date1798
LanguageNot specified
CountryNot specified
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
C. Roworth
FencingSwordsmanship BroadswordSabreSword
Authority Roles
Author
William Taylor
Edition History
The art of defence on foot with the Broad Sword and sabre, uniting the scotch and austrian methods into one regular system. To which are added remarks on the spadroon 1798
CityLondon
PublisherT. Egerton
PrinterNot specified
FormatNot specified
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 329.

Vigeant 1882, p. 116: London, printed for T. Egerton, military library, near Whitehall, 1798. Second edition. In-8 with 8 outline plates by Bantree.

Quality phase 101k: production/publication place recovered from an explicit, manifestation-matching statement after individual review.

Quality phase 101n: final residual explicit imprint linked; ambiguity was retained where the source does not distinguish agent role or place.

Quality phase 126: cover from mislinked exact resource moved to manifestation 4100.
The Art of Defence on Foot — New York edition 1824
CityNew York
PublisherH. Durell
PrinterNot specified
Format8°
Pages2 preliminary leaves, 113 p.
DimensionsNot specified
Created in quality phase 126 (2026-08-15) from an exact institutional digital manifestation.
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Internet Archive facsimile - The Art of Defence on Foot (1824 copy)
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HathiTrust digital facsimile record, 1824 manifestation
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Imported from The Online Books Page keyword search "sword" with publication date <= 1920. Relinked to exact year-specific manifestation 4100 in quality phase 130 (2026-08-15).
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The Online Books Page record, 1824 manifestation
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Imported from The Online Books Page keyword search "sword" with publication date <= 1920. Relinked to exact year-specific manifestation 4100 in quality phase 130 (2026-08-15).
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Scholarly References
Thimm entry 2137
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 329 · Entry 2137
Vigeant entry VIG-P116-E002
Vigeant (1882)
Arsène Vigeant, La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1882.
Pages 116 · Entry VIG-P116-E002
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Digital status Catalogued
Primary edition The Art of Defence on Foot — New York edition
Publisher H. Durell
City New York
Format 8°
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