Treatise

Neu Alamodische Ritterliche Fecht- und Schirm-Kunst
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Neu Alamodische Ritterliche Fecht- und Schirm-Kunst

Treatise 1715 German Germany

Alexander Doyle

German fencing work attributed by Gelli to Alexander Doyle. Gelli notes a large engraved title page with portrait by Conrad Reiss and 69 copper engravings.

Castle also records the Nuremberg 1715 Alexander Doyle witness.

Vigeant 1882 gives a slightly different 1715 Doyle description, with 59 copper engravings, a title in two colours, and a grand frontispiece portrait signed Conrad Reiff.

2 Editions
3 Resources
0 Holdings
3 References
Bibliographic Overview
TitleNeu Alamodische Ritterliche Fecht- und Schirm-Kunst
AuthorAlexander Doyle
Earliest publication date1715
LanguageGerman
CountryGermany
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
Alexander Doyle
Fencing
Authority Roles
Author
Alexander Doyle
Edition History
Neu Alamodische Ritterliche Fecht- und Schirm-Kunst 1715
CityNürnberg und Frankfurt
PublisherPaul Lochner
PrinterNot specified
FormatOblong 4°
Pages118 p.
DimensionsNot specified
Nurnberg und Frankfurt, 1715, bey Paul Lochnern Buchhandlern. Gelli notes portrait by Conrad Reiss and 69 copper engravings.

Vigeant 1882, p. 52: small oblong 4to, Nurenberg und Frankfurt zu finden bey Paul Lochnern, 1715. Grand frontispiece with medallion portrait signed Conrad Reiff, 59 copper engravings, title in two colours, and dedication.

Quality phase 101m: explicit imprint agent linked after final individual review.

Quality phase 279: exact K10plus and Google Books records confirm Nürnberg und Frankfurt, Paul Lochner, 1715, and 118 pages.

Quality phase 290: A collated 1715 copy contains 59 of 60 engraved plates and explicitly lacks the portrait, resolving the 59/60 convention; the inherited 69 count is rejected. Source: https://freemansauction.com/auctions/1336-Fine-Books-and-Manuscripts-including-Worlds-of-Tomorrow-and-Americana/lot/163

Cover retrieved from the official Google Books cover endpoint for volume T_BmnICOnIoC in phase 635; validated at 300×226 pixels.
Neu Alamodische Ritterliche Fecht- und Schirm-Kunst 1729
CityNürnberg
PublisherNot specified
PrinterNot specified
FormatOblong 4°
Pages60 instructional figures
DimensionsNot specified
Nurnberg, 1729.

Quality phase 101k: production/publication place recovered from an explicit, manifestation-matching statement after individual review.

Quality phase 412: identified as the Nürnberg 1729 second edition of Doyle’s 1715 work and consolidated under the canonical work; publisher and extent remain unresolved.

Quality phase 462: Thimm identifies the Nürnberg 1729 second edition of Doyle’s work; the sixty-figure instructional programme is retained at bibliographic level.
Digital Witnesses
Thimm bibliography — phase 462 edition 3406
Catalogue PDF
Thimm bibliography · open
Research witness linked in quality phase 462 (50-edition batch).
Google Books — Neu alamodische ritterliche Fecht- und Schirmkunst
Facsimile HTML OCR
Google Books · open
Exact 1715 digital manifestation with 118-page extent reviewed in quality phase 279.

Official Google Books cover image used for edition 3405 in phase 635.
K10plus — Neu alamodische ritterliche Fecht- und Schirmkunst : d. i. wahre und nach neuester frantzösischer Manier eingerichtete Unterweisung , wie man sich in Fechten und Schirmen perfectioniren und verhalten solle
Catalogue HTML
K10plus · open
Exact manifestation match located during the complete external research campaign of quality phase 264 (2026-08-25). Catalogue identifier: 1094479519.
Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P077-E002
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 77 · Entry CAS-P077-E002
Gelli entry GEL-P283-E001
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 83- · Entry GEL-P283-E001
Vigeant entry VIG-P052-E002
Vigeant (1882)
Arsène Vigeant, La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1882.
Pages 52 · Entry VIG-P052-E002