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Treatise on the new broad sword exercise
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Treatise on the new broad sword exercise

Book 1798 English United Kingdom

W. Pepper

Gelli lists the Newmarket broad-sword exercise treatise as performed by the Notts Yeomanry Cavalry and notes six plates.

Castle also records the 1798 Pepper broad-sword exercise witness and notes a sixth edition in 1803.

P-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-p, source entry 1634.

Duplicate work 1710 individually consolidated in quality phase 119 (2026-08-15).

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleTreatise on the new broad sword exercise
AuthorW. Pepper
Earliest publication date1798
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited Kingdom
Document typeBook
Authority statement
W. Pepper
FencingSwordsmanship BroadswordSword
Authority Roles
Author
W. Pepper
Edition History
Treatise on the new broad sword exercise, with 14 divisions of movements as performed at Newmarket 1798
CityLondon
PublisherLee and Hurst
PrinterNot specified
Format12°
Pages25 p.
DimensionsNot specified
1798. Gelli notes six plates and links the work to the Notts Yeomanry Cavalry.

Source pages: 255. Bracketed notes: ["Vol. V.p. 31. \"RemarkableDuelin1664.\"", "of the Notts Yeomanry Cavalry", "12plates. 6thedition1803."]

Duplicate edition 1717 individually consolidated in quality phase 119 (2026-08-15).

Quality phase 267: W. Pepper, A Treatise on the New Broad Sword Exercise, third edition with additions, London: printed for Lee and Hurst, 1798. Exact scan ends on page 25; bibliographic description records five plates.

Cover retrieved from Internet Archive item bim_eighteenth-century_a-treatise-on-the-new-br_pepper-w_1798 in phase 636; official item image or verified title page, validated at 180×280 pixels.
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Internet Archive — A treatise on the new broad sword exercise, by W. Pepper, ... 1798
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Exact manifestation match located during the complete external research campaign of quality phase 264 (2026-08-25). Catalogue identifier: bim_eighteenth-century_a-treatise-on-the-new-br_pepper-w_1798.

Official Internet Archive image used as the cover for edition 3638 in phase 636.
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Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P067-E005
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 67 · Entry CAS-P067-E005
Gelli entry GEL-P543-E002
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 543 · Entry GEL-P543-E002
Thimm entry 1658
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 255 · Entry 1658
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Primary edition Treatise on the new broad sword exercise, with 14 divisions of movements as performed at Newmarket
Publisher Lee and Hurst
City London
Format 12°
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