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Nuevo Tratado del Arte de las Armas

Manuscript Spanish Spain

DEMEUSE, Nicolas Demeuse

Leguina 1891 records this Spanish manuscript translation of Nicolás Demeuse as a substantial quarto witness with 332 pages, 13 large pen drawings, and 4 index leaves. He notes that the printed French original appeared at Liège in 1778, followed by later editions at Liège in 1786 and Lille around 1800, but keeps this manuscript translation as a distinct local witness.

Recorded by Leguina and Thimm as a manuscript. It is catalogued separately from the French printed Nouveau traité de l'art des armes of 1778.

Duplicate work 842 consolidated in quality phase 120 (2026-08-15).

Phase 120: duplicate 322-page shell removed; its Liège/Desoer data belonged to the French printed original, not this undated Spanish manuscript.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleNuevo Tratado del Arte de las Armas
AuthorDEMEUSE, Nicolas Demeuse
Earliest publication dateUnknown
LanguageSpanish
CountrySpain
Document typeManuscript
Authority statement
Mr. Nicolás Demeuse; Spanish manuscript translation from the French
Fencing
Authority Roles
Author
DEMEUSE, Nicolas Demeuse
Edition History
Nuevo Tratado del Arte de las Armas Undated
CityNot specified
PublisherNot specified
PrinterNot specified
Format
Pages332 p., 4 index leaves
DimensionsNot specified
Spanish manuscript translation from the French. 4to. 332 pages, 13 large pen drawings, and 4 leaves of index. Leguina 1891, pp. 159-160.

Quality phase 101e: physical extent recovered after unique-expression review; composite collation preserved where present.

Quality phase 101o year decision [manuscript_or_century_only]: undated manuscript or witness described only by a broad century; exact publication year intentionally left unset.

Duplicate edition 849 consolidated in quality phase 120 (2026-08-15); canonical manifestation metadata retained after individual review.
Scholarly References
Leguina entry LEG-P159-E001
Leguina 1891 (1891)
Enrique de Leguina, Libros de esgrima españoles y portugueses. Indice formado por Don Enrique de Leguina, Baron de la Vega de Hoz. Madrid: Impr. y Lit. de los Huerfanos, 1891.
Pages 159-160 · Entry LEG-P159-E001
Thimm entry 587
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 90 · Entry 587
Related Records
Translates
Spanish manuscript version of the French Demeuse treatise. Transferred from duplicate work 842 in quality phase 120 (2026-08-15).