A New, Short and Easy Method of Fencing; or the Art of the Broad and Small Sword, Rectified and Compendized
1707
CityEdinburgh
PublisherNot specified
PrinterJames Watson
Format4°
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
Edinburgh, 1707, printed by J. Watson. Gelli notes 16 engraved plates on a folding sheet.
Vigeant 1882, pp. 72-73: Edinburgh, printed by J. Watson, in Craig's-Close, on the North-side of the Cross, 1707. In-4to containing 16 copper engravings printed on a large folded sheet; dedication and advertisement to the masters.
Duplicate manifestation 1317 consolidated in quality phase 149 (2026-08-15). Alternate imported title: A New, Short, and Easy Method of Fencing: or the Art of the Broad and Small Sword, Rectified and Compendiz'd. Preserved source note: Source pages: 159. Bracketed notes: ["LateDeputy-Governour ofthe Castle of Edinburgh", "Onelargefoldedsheet, containing16figuresengravedoncopper."]
Vigeant 1882, pp. 72-73: duplicate shell merged into the canonical Hope 1707 work; Edinburgh Watson quarto with 16 copper engravings.
Quality phase 285: illustration/plate description recovered after individual manifestation-level review of the already-linked bibliographic notes.
Quality phase 287: The visual count is sixteen figures; the existing plate field correctly preserves that they occupy one large folded sheet rather than sixteen physical leaves.
Quality phase 423: Edinburgh, James Watson, 1707 and the single folded sheet carrying sixteen figures were rechecked; an exact collation remains unresolved.
Art of Fighting with the Back-Sword, Sheering-Sword, SmallSword, andSwordand Pistol; freedfromtheErrors of the Schools. 2ndedition
1714
CityEdinburgh
PublisherJames Watson
PrinterJames Watson
Format4°
Pagesxv, [1], 288, [2] p.
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 159.
Vigeant 1882, p. 73: Edinburgh, 1714. Octavo second edition of the 1707 New, short, and Easy Method of Fencing.
Edinburgh, 1714, printed by James Watson. Gelli treats it as the second edition of the 1707 work.
Quality phase 101c: imprint agent recovered from the explicit opening statement and matched to the same-city authority.
Quality phase 267: William Hope, Hope’s New Method of Fencing, second edition, Edinburgh: James Watson, 1714. ESTC T71748: xv, [1], 288, [2] pages, plates, final errata leaf.
Duplicate edition 3624 consolidated in quality phase 283 (2026-09-01).
Quality phase 295: The exact Edinburgh 1714 ESTC collation confirms plates, but the sixteen-figure count of the 1707 edition is not transferred.
Cover retrieved from Internet Archive item bim_eighteenth-century_hopes-new-method-of-fen_hope-william-sir_1714 in phase 636; official item image or verified title page, validated at 180×232 pixels.
