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
Quality phase 406: Gelli and Vigeant confirm the Messina 1825 quarto with 99 numbered and three unnumbered pages.
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.
Digital Witnesses
Gelli — Bibliografia generale della scherma — bibliographic witness for edition 3273
CataloguePDFOCR
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 #3113.
