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The Gentleman's Tutor for the Small-Sword
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The Gentleman's Tutor for the Small-Sword

Book 1730 English United Kingdom

Henry Blackwell

B-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-b, source entry 231. Retitled from long descriptive title; semicolons are intrinsic to the work.

Gelli treats the H. B. volume as part of the Blackwell family but prints 1780, whereas the established local Thimm witness remains 1730. Preserve the work and record Gelli's date as conflicting secondary evidence only.

Castle also records the 1730 London Blackwell witness with six woodcuts.

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Previous Record The English Fencing Master, or the CompleatTutorof the Small-Sword. Wherein the truest Method, after aMathematicalRule, isplainlylaiddown. Shewingalso how necessary it is for all Gentlemen to learn this Noble Art. In a Dialogue betweenmasterand scholar. Adorn'dwith several curious postures Next Record Teoria della scherma
Bibliographic Overview
TitleThe Gentleman's Tutor for the Small-Sword
AuthorHenry Blackwell
Earliest publication date1730
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited Kingdom
Document typeBook
Authority statement
Henry Blackwell
Swordsmanship Sword
Authority Roles
Author
Henry Blackwell
Edition History
The Gentleman's Tutor for the SmallSword; or theCompleat EnglishFencing Master. Containingthetruestandplainestrulesforlearning thatnobleArt; shewing how necessaryit is for all gentlemen to understand the same, inthirteen various lessons between Master and Scholar. Adorn'd with severalcuriouspostures 1730
CityLondon
PublisherJ. and T. W.
PrinterNot specified
FormatSmall4°
Pages[8], 55, [1] p.
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 39. Bracketed notes: ["LACKWELL", "6woodcuts. Tothissecondedition issometimes annexed, inaddition tothe 6woodcutsinthetext, acuriouscollection offoldingplates, mostofwhich arefaithful reproductions ofCapo Ferro's and Giganti's “attitudes,” in which, however, thefigures are “dressed”in thefashionof QueenAnne's reign, with large periwigs,lace ruffles, high-heeled square-toed shoes, &c.", "Vol. XXIV. p. 541. دو دو دو TheDuellists. XLIII. p. 371. Howtoavoida Duel. LXVIII. p. 712.}ModernStateTrials. ByS.Warren. LXX. p. 122. CXXIX. p. 555. TheSword."]

Quality phase 122: Exact 1730 digital manifestation. Core metadata reviewed from the exact institutional surrogate.

Extent and imprint corrected from the exact ESTC T185234 manifestation in quality phase 144 (2026-08-15); J. and T. W. are the primary publishers, with J. Jackson, A. Dodd and E. Nutt named as sellers.
The Gentleman’s Tutor for the Small Sword; or, the Compleat English Fencing Master 1730
CityLondon
PublisherJ. and T. W.
PrinterNot specified
Format8°
Pages[6], 55, [1] p.
DimensionsNot specified
Vigeant 1882, p. 137: London, printed for J. and T. W., sold by J. Jackson at St. James's, A. Dodd without Temple-Bar, and E. Nutt under the Royal Exchange, 1730. Small quarto with 6 woodcuts.

Quality phase 101k: production/publication place recovered from an explicit, manifestation-matching statement after individual review.

Quality phase 101m: explicit imprint agent linked after final individual review.

Quality phase 286: Castle’s digitized bibliography identifies six woodcuts in the exact London 1730 manifestation; the ESTC-linked Grub Street record independently confirms the edition identity. Sources: https://smallswordproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/castle_schools_and_masters_of_fence_1885.pdf ; https://www.grubstreetproject.net/people/65934/works/

Quality phase 293: The six full-page woodcuts are relief illustrations within the gathered book; no separate plate leaves are documented.

Quality phase 433: reassigned to the Henry Blackwell work family; ESTC T183707 supplies authorship and collation.
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ESTC T183707 — The Gentleman’s Tutor
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Research witness linked in quality phase 433.

Cover audit phase 719: reviewed in the complete frozen 821-candidate pass. Disposition=secondary_reference. Secondary reference or scholarly page; any displayed image requires separate manifestation-level verification. External probe: HTTP 206; content type text/html; charset=utf-8.

Cover audit phase 740: final outcome=not_primary_manifestation_image; secondary reference retained for scholarship; no independently verified primary manifestation cover was adopted.
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Internet Archive facsimile - The Gentleman's Tutor for the Small Sword
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Quality phase 261: endpoint format normalized as HTML.
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Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P063-E002
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 63 · Entry CAS-P063-E002
Gelli entry GEL-P530-E002
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 530 · Entry GEL-P530-E002
Thimm entry 253
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 39 · Entry 253
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Digital status Catalogued
Primary edition The Gentleman's Tutor for the SmallSword; or theCompleat EnglishFencing Master. Containingthetruestandplainestrulesforlearning thatnobleArt; shewing how necessaryit is for all gentlemen to understand the same, inthirteen various lessons between Master and Scholar. Adorn'd with severalcuriouspostures
Publisher J. and T. W.
City London
Format Small4°
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