Treatise

ARMORUM Archive Record
Treatise Complete Reviewed

Engaño y desengaño de los errores que se han querido introducir en la destreza de las armas

Treatise 1635 Spanish Spain

Luis Pacheco de Narváez

Leguina 1891 describes this Madrid 1635 polemical treatise by Luis Pacheco de Narvaez as a reply to the Compendio made by Luis de Carmona in defence of Carranza and warns against the old misattribution to Pedro Mexia de Tovar and the false date 1636.

1 Editions
2 Resources
0 Holdings
3 References
Bibliographic Overview
TitleEngaño y desengaño de los errores que se han querido introducir en la destreza de las armas
AuthorLuis Pacheco de Narváez
Earliest publication date1635
LanguageSpanish
CountrySpain
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
Don Luis Pacheco de Narvaez
FencingSwordsmanship Rapier Verdadera Destreza
Authority Roles
Author
Luis Pacheco de Narváez
Edition History
Engaño y desengaño de los errores que se han querido introducir en la destreza de las armas 1635
CityMadrid
PublisherNot specified
PrinterImprenta del Reino
Format4°
Pages[14], 205 [i.e. 203], [1] leaves
DimensionsNot specified
Madrid, En la Emprenta del Reyno, 1635. 4to. Engraved title by Francisco Navarro, 13 preliminary leaves, one engraved armorial leaf by I. de Courbes, 205 foliated leaves, and one final leaf repeating place and date. Leguina 1891, pp. 112-113. Long cited incorrectly under Pedro Mexia de Tovar and with the false date 1636.

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

Quality phase 409: exact Bizkaia digital copy normalizes the collation and confirms quarto format and engraved matter.

BNE exact-manifestation review (2026-09-18): BNE R/4842 confirms Madrid, Imprenta del Reino, 1635. The foliation skips from 112 to 115; the architectural title is engraved by Francisco Navarro.
Digital Witnesses
BNE digital facsimile — Engaño y desengaño (1635)
Facsimile HTML
Biblioteca Nacional de España — Biblioteca Digital Hispánica · open
BNE digital surrogate. Shelfmark R/4842; BNE short identifier 0182679690; catalogue permalink https://catalogo.bne.es/permalink/34BNE_INST/f0qo1i/alma991005099989708606.
Leguina — Libros de esgrima españoles y portugueses — bibliographic witness for edition 3350
Catalogue HTML/PDF OCR
Biblioteca Nacional de España · open
Bibliographic witness linked in quality phase 513. It supports catalogue provenance and does not imply that the linked file is a facsimile of this edition. Source selection score 550; bibliography reference #4068.
Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P037-E007
Castle (1892)
Egerton Castle, Schools and Masters of Fence, from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century. With a complete bibliography. New and revised edition. London: George Bell & Sons, 1892.
Pages 37 · Entry CAS-P037-E007
Gelli entry GEL-P260-E002
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 260 · Entry GEL-P260-E002
Leguina entry LEG-P112-E001
Leguina 1891 (1891)
Enrique de Leguina, Libros de esgrima españoles y portugueses. Indice formado por Don Enrique de Leguina, Baron de la Vega de Hoz. Madrid: Impr. y Lit. de los Huerfanos, 1891.
Pages 112-113 · Entry LEG-P112-E001