French mounted-fencing manual by Jules François Dérué, then still identified by Gelli as capitaine Dérué. Gelli notes 50 pages and 12 plates, and reports that the War Ministry had the method tested in four cavalry regiments with favorable reports.
Paris, 1885, imprimee chez Latrare. Gelli notes no dedication, 50 pages, and 12 plates, and says the method was tested in four cavalry regiments by order of the War Ministry.
Quality phases 197–220: the imprint statement explicitly identifies a printing establishment; role changed from publisher to printer.
Scholarly References
Gelli entry GEL-P383-E001
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 383 · Entry GEL-P383-E001
Thimm entry 565b
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Reference Snapshot
Digital statusCatalogued
Primary editionNouvelle methode d'escrime a cheval
