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Breve trattato di scherma sul maneggio della sciabola

Treatise 1851 Italian Italy

Gio. Battista Ferrero

Sabre-fencing tract by Gio. Battista Ferrero, printed at Turin in 1851. Gelli judges the edition handsome but of no technical value.

Consolidated with former work #1049. Thimm explicitly attributes the Turin 1868 edition to Gio. Battista Ferrero; it is retained alongside Gelli’s Turin 1851 edition.

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2 References
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Bibliographic Overview
TitleBreve trattato di scherma sul maneggio della sciabola
AuthorGio. Battista Ferrero
Earliest publication date1851
LanguageItalian
CountryItaly
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
Gio. Battista Ferrero
Fencing Sabre
Authority Roles
Author
Gio. Battista Ferrero
Edition History
Breve trattato di scherma sul maneggio della sciabola 1851
CityTorino
PublisherNot specified
PrinterTipografia Subalpina
FormatNot specified
Pages30 p.
DimensionsNot specified
Gelli lists the Turin 1851 Subalpina edition with lithographic author portrait, dedication to Prince Umberto of Savoy, 30 pages, and 9 lithographic plates, but says it has no technical value.

Quality phase 101e: physical extent recovered after unique-expression review; composite collation preserved where present.

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

Quality phase 289: The exact 1851 description distinguishes the portrait from nine lithographic instructional plates.
Breve trattato di scherma sul maneggio della sciabola 1868
CityTorino
PublisherNot specified
PrinterNot specified
FormatNot specified
PagesAuthor portrait and 19 engraved illustrations
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 120.

Quality phase 296: A complete-copy description records a portrait and nineteen plates; the earlier Gelli count of nine is retained as a source conflict. Source: https://astebolaffi.it/pdf/auctions/724.pdf

Quality phase 474: the bibliographic witness confirms the portrait and nineteen engraved sabre-exercise illustrations.
Digital Witnesses
Gelli — Bibliografia generale della scherma — bibliographic witness for edition 3272
Catalogue PDF OCR
Jacopo Gelli / Mori BZ · open
Bibliographic witness linked in quality phase 512. It supports catalogue provenance and does not imply that the linked file is a facsimile of this edition. Source selection score 540; bibliography reference #3112.
Consult resource
Thimm bibliography — phase 474 edition 1056
Catalogue PDF
Thimm bibliography · open
Research witness linked in quality phase 474 (50-edition batch).
Consult resource
Scholarly References
Gelli entry GEL-P128-E001
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 128 · Entry 001
Thimm entry 794
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 120 · Entry 794
Reference Snapshot
Digital status Catalogued
Primary edition Breve trattato di scherma sul maneggio della sciabola
Publisher Not specified
City Torino
Format Not specified
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