Gelli describes this as a kind of code of honour or duel manual, with observations on regulation and point of honour, and notes that it reproduces 16 plates from the previous Hope work plus the badge of the Scottish fencing society.
Castle also records the 1724 Edinburgh Vindication with its court-of-honour proposal.
Vigeant 1882 records the 1724 Edinburgh Vindication as a duelling and honour-regulation work, with the 16 plates carried over from the preceding Hope volume and the decorative model serving as the frontispiece.