B-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-b, source entry 177. Duplicate work 3460 consolidated here in quality phase 98e (2026-08-14).
Source pages: 33. Bracketed notes: ["or BATTIER", "--", "1engraving.", "A trialbycombat,formerlyallowedbyourlaws, wherethe defendant in an appealofmurdermightfightwiththeappellant, andmakeprooftherebyof hisguiltor innocence. SeeAPPEAL."] Paris, 1772, de l'imprimerie de la veuve Simon et fils, Rue des Mathurins. Gelli notes a Janinet engraving, dedication, warning, decorative borders, and describes the work as sought after and rather rare. Edition 3532 reconciled in quality phase 98e (2026-08-14).
Paris, 1770. Short-title Gelli witness for the Batier smallsword treatise. Transferred from duplicate work 3460 in quality phase 98e (2026-08-14).
Quality phase 100b: year corrected from the unverified Gelli short-title 1770 to 1772; BnF facsimile catalogue identifies 1772 as the original edition: https://www.hachettebnf.fr/livre/la-theorie-pratique-de-lescrime-pour-la-pointe-seule-9782019193461/
Quality phase 101b: publication city recovered from the explicit opening imprint in this note.
Duplicate edition 3531 individually consolidated in quality phase 119 (2026-08-15).
Scholarly References
Gelli entry GEL-P340-E001
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 340 · Entry GEL-P340-E001
Gelli entry GEL-P340-E002
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 340 · Entry GEL-P340-E002
Thimm entry 203
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 33 · Entry 203
Vigeant entry VIG-P033-E002
Vigeant (1882)
Arsène Vigeant, La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1882.
