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Il vero maneggio di spada
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Il vero maneggio di spada

Treatise 1660 Italian Italy

Alessandro Senese

Seventeenth-century Bolognese sword treatise of limited fencing value in Gelli's judgement. He notes a Latin dedication sermon, poetic prefatory matter, and 14 copper plates printed separately from the text.

Quality phase 653: work 2841 consolidated into this canonical work. Same Alessandro Senese work and Bologna 1660 manifestation. Former title: Il vero manneggio della spada. Former author statement: none. Former description: (-).-Il vero manneggio della spada. Folio. 1660. Bologna: L'Herede di Benacci. [14copperplates, outoftext.] Former historical notes: S-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-s, source entry 1972.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleIl vero maneggio di spada
AuthorAlessandro Senese
Earliest publication date1660
LanguageItalian
CountryItaly
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
Alessandro Senese
FencingSwordsmanship Sword
Authority Roles
Author
Alessandro Senese
Edition History
Il vero maneggio di spada 1660
CityBologna
PublisherNot specified
PrinterEredi di Vittorio Benacci
FormatFolio
Pages[16], 70 [i.e. 98], [2] p.
Dimensions31 cm
Bologna, 1660, per l'Herede di Benacci. Gelli notes a frontispiece, 14 copper plates printed outside the text, a Latin dedicatory sermon, ode, epigrams, distich, and other prefatory matter.

Vigeant 1882, p. 123: Bologna, 1660, per l'Herede di Benacci. Folio with frontispiece, 14 copper plates outside the text, dedication, approbation, ode, epigrams, and distich.

Quality phase 112: the first edition is collated as [16], 70 [i.e. 98], [2] pages with an engraved title and 14 copper plates by Giuseppe Mitelli. The full-page engravings are included in the gathering sequence but not the printed pagination.

Quality phase 287: The exact Bologna 1660 collation identifies the engraved title and fourteen full-page copper engravings outside printed pagination.

Quality phase 653: edition 2850 consolidated here. Same Bologna 1660 manifestation. Former fields: title=Il vero manneggio della spada; year=1660; city_id=161; publisher_id=1184; printer_id=null; format=Folio; pages=[16], 70, [2] p.; dimensions=294 × 205 mm. Former notes: Source pages: 309. Bracketed notes: ["14copperplates, outoftext."]

Quality phase 459: exact copy description supplies the complete collation and fourteen-plate programme.
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Scholarly References
Gelli entry GEL-P219-E001
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 219 · Entry GEL-P219-E001
Thimm entry 1996
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 309 · Entry 1996
Vigeant entry VIG-P123-E001
Vigeant (1882)
Arsène Vigeant, La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1882.
Pages 123 · Entry VIG-P123-E001