First edition, Messina: G. Fiumara, 1825, 99 numbered and three unnumbered pages; slightly modified Catania edition of 1828. Mojibake repaired from a double UTF-8/Windows-1252 interpretation in phase 85.
Gelli lists the Messina 1825 G. Fiamara edition with 99 numbered and 3 unnumbered pages.
Vigeant 1882, p. 58: Messina, presso G. Fuimara, 1825. In-4to.
Quality phase 100m: printer normalized to G. Fuimara. Vigeant transcribes Fuimara; other Messina imprints also attest Stamp. di G. Fuimara. Sources checked 2026-08-14: https://www.mori.bz.it/Scherma/Masaniello%20Parise%20-%20Scherma%20Di%20Spada%20E%20Sciabola%20-%201884.pdf ; https://files01.core.ac.uk/download/11919143.pdf
Discorso sull'utilità della scherma1828
CityCatania
PublisherNot specified
PrinterPappalardo
Format4°
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 121.
Vigeant 1882, p. 58: second edition, little modified, printed at Catania by Pappalardo in 1828.
Quality phase 101p: Catania second edition corrected from 1825 to the explicit 1828 Vigeant statement.
Scholarly References
Gelli entry GEL-P128-E003
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 128 · Entry 003
Thimm entry 810
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 121 · Entry 810
Vigeant entry VIG-P058-E003
Vigeant (1882)
Arsène Vigeant, La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1882.
Pages 58 · Entry VIG-P058-E003
Reference Snapshot
Digital statusCatalogued
Primary editionDiscorso sull'utilità della scherma
