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A dictionary explaining the terms, guards, and positions, used in the art of the small sword

Book 1767 English United Kingdom

Hary Fergusson

Gelli lists a 1767 dictionary of small-sword terms under Fergusson.

G-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-g, source entry 769.

Duplicate work 1048 individually consolidated in quality phase 119 (2026-08-15).

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleA dictionary explaining the terms, guards, and positions, used in the art of the small sword
AuthorHary Fergusson
Earliest publication date1767
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited Kingdom
Document typeBook
Authority statement
Hary Fergusson
FencingSwordsmanship Sword
Authority Roles
Author
Hary Fergusson
Edition History
A dictionary explaining the terms, guards, and positions, used in the art of the small sword 1767
CityEdinburgh
PublisherNot specified
PrinterNot specified
Format8°
Pages23 p.
DimensionsNot specified
1767. Short Gelli listing; place not preserved in the current notice.

Source pages: 120. Bracketed notes: ["Noplace, noprinter'sname.", "\"Hary\" isthus onthetitleandatpageii."]

Duplicate edition 1055 individually consolidated in quality phase 119 (2026-08-15).

Quality phase 423: the NLS witness is transcribed as by Hary Fergusson, Printed [at Edinburgh] in 1767, tract, 23 pages. Edinburgh is bracketed; no printer is named.
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Study discussing Hary Fergusson and his 1767 dictionary
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University of Edinburgh · open
External authority or manifestation witness linked in enrichment phase 582.
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NLS witness — Hary Fergusson, A Dictionary (1767)
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Exact research witness linked in quality phase 423.

Quality phase 705: excluded from cover sourcing after individual verification. The linked PDF is The works of Robert Fergusson, not A dictionary explaining the terms, guards, and positions, used in the art of the small sword (1767).

Cover audit phase 719: reviewed in the complete frozen 821-candidate pass. Disposition=already_reviewed_unsuitable. Prior individual audit explicitly rejected this resource: excluded from cover sourcing. External probe: HTTP 206; content type application/pdf.

Cover audit phase 740: final outcome=previously_rejected; source had already been individually reviewed and rejected as unsuitable for a reliable edition cover.
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Scholarly References
Gelli entry GEL-P528-E002
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 528 · Entry GEL-P528-E002
Thimm entry 793
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 120 · Entry 793
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Primary edition A dictionary explaining the terms, guards, and positions, used in the art of the small sword
Publisher Not specified
City Edinburgh
Format 8°
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