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Neu künstlich Fechtbuch — Sebastian Heussler
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Neu künstlich Fechtbuch — Sebastian Heussler

Book 1615 German Germany

Sebastian Heussler

B-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-b, source entry 256. Retitled from prefatory note mixed with work title. [2026-07-18 editorial reconstruction: corrupted 1611 Leipzig import normalized to the attested 1616 Heussler reprint; external publication history for this title family is 1615, 1616, 1617, 1626, 1627, 1630, 1640, 1665.]

Castle also records the 1616 Nuremberg enlarged Heussler reissue with 177 copperplates.

Castle also records a 1630 Nuremberg Heussler family witness.

HathiTrust/UPenn metadata records the 1616 Nuremberg second issue as "Zum andern Mal in Truck geben und mit schönen Stücken verbessert"; the engraved title was altered from the 1615 first edition and the added section begins after p. [232] with a separate title-page naming Fabris and Ridolfo Capoferro. Engraved title-page signed by Gabriel Weyer; numerous etched illustrations.

Consolidated with former work #1012 after authority-role review. The catalogue now represents the 1616 enlarged issue, 1617 edition, and 1630 third improved edition as one work family. Fabris and Capoferro are retained as source contributors rather than asserted co-authors.

The 1615 first issue formerly catalogued as a separate work is now represented as an edition in this publication family.

5 Editions
9 Resources
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6 References
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Bibliographic Overview
TitleNeu künstlich Fechtbuch — Sebastian Heussler
AuthorSebastian Heussler
Earliest publication date1615
LanguageGerman
CountryGermany
Document typeBook
Authority statement
Sebastian Heussler; based partly on material by Salvatore Fabris, Ridolfo Capoferro, and other masters
Fencing
Authority Roles
Author
Sebastian Heussler
Illustrator
Gabriel Weyer
Commentator
Salvator Fabris, Ridolfo Capoferro
Edition History
Neu künstlich Fechtbuch 1615
CityNürnberg
PublisherNot specified
PrinterNot specified
FormatNot specified
Pages177 copperplates (two-part tradition)
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 113. [2026-07-18 editorial reconstruction: rebuilt from collapsed review quotation and normalized to the 1617 Nuremberg reprint.]

Quality phase 296: Digitized 1617 parts confirm an illustrated Heussler reprint; the physical collation of another issue is not transferred. Source: https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Neu_Kunstlich_Fechtbuch_%28Sebastian_Heu%C3%9Fler%29

Quality phase 457: corrected the first Heussler Neu künstlich Fechtbuch from 1617 to 1615; the two-part plate tradition is documented, but the printer remains unknown.
Neu künstlich Fechtbuch (first issue, 1615) 1615
CityNuremberg
PublisherNot specified
PrinterLudwig Lochner
FormatNot specified
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
Nuremberg, 1615. First issue in the Heussler Neu künstlich Fechtbuch publication family; Wiktenauer source row 45.

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

Quality phase 296: The 1615 first issue and its digitized parts are confirmed as the illustrated Heussler manual; the 177-plate count of the enlarged 1616 issue is not transferred. Source: https://fachtexte.kallimachos.de/Fecht-_und_Ringb%C3%BCcher

Quality phase 315: the Deutsches Klingenmuseum catalogue identifies the Nuremberg 1615 first issue as printed by Ludwig Lochner, in self-publication. The printer is verified; the aggregate 312-page description is not assigned because issue boundaries are not sufficiently explicit.
Neu künstlich Fechtbuch 1616
CityNürnberg
PublisherBalthasar Caimox
PrinterLudwig Lochner
Format4°
Pages[16], 229 [i.e. 230], [4], 60 p., [9] leaves of plates
Dimensions16 × 21 cm
Zum andern Mal in Truck geben und mit schönen Stücken verbessert. Published/found at Balthasar Caimox; added title-page printed at Nuremberg by Ludwig Lochner in the author’s publication. Pagination note: 192 repeated in paging.

Quality phase 172: HathiTrust confirms this is one composite second issue. The added Ludwig Lochner title after page [232] belongs to the same 1616 manifestation.
Neu Kunstlich Fechtbuch zum dritten mal auffgelegt und verbessert 1630
CityNürnberg
PublisherBalthasar Gaymor
PrinterSimon Halbmayern
Formatoblong 4to
Pages312 p.
DimensionsNot specified
Vigeant 1882, pp. 69-70: Nurnberg, gedruckt zu Nurnberg durch Simon Halbmayerr, in verlegung Balthasar Gaymoren, 1630. Oblong 4to with copper figures; presented as a third improved issue drawing on Fabris, Capo di Ferro, and other Italian and French fencers.

Quality phase 101j: explicit publisher/printer statement linked after individual review.

Quality phase 296: The Folger record for the exact Nürnberg 1630 third edition explicitly says it is ornamented with copper pieces, without a defensible count. Source: https://catalog.folger.edu/record/352254

Quality phase 432: the specialist repository confirms the 1630 edition sequence and 312-page work extent.
Künstliches abprobirtes und nützliches Fecht-Buch von einfachen und doppelten Degenfechten, womit ein jeder seinen Leib defendiren kann 1665
CityNürnberg
PublisherPaulus Fürsten
PrinterNot specified
FormatOblong 4°
Pages124 copperplates
DimensionsNot specified
Nurnberg, 1665, bey Paulus Fursten Kunsthandler. Gelli notes a frontispiece and 124 copied prints, many repeated.

Vigeant 1882, p. 70: Nurnberg, bey Paulus Fursten Kunsthandler, 1665. Small oblong 4to with frontispiece and 124 engravings borrowed from Capo di Ferro, Fabris, and other authors; several repeated.

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 285: illustration/plate description recovered after individual manifestation-level review of the already-linked bibliographic notes.

Quality phase 413: consolidated as the 1665 manifestation of Heussler’s established Neu künstlich Fechtbuch family; Castle confirms Nürnberg, Paulus Fürsten, oblong quarto and 124 copperplates.

Quality phase 459: exact bibliography confirms the Nürnberg 1665 Paulus Fürsten issue and its 124 plates.
Digital Witnesses
Heussler 1665 bibliography
Catalogue PDF
Thimm bibliography · open
Research witness linked in quality phase 459 (50-edition batch).
Consult resource
Thimm bibliography — phase 457 edition 1019
Catalogue PDF
Thimm bibliography · open
Research witness linked in quality phase 457 (50-edition batch).
Consult resource
Neu Kunstlich Fechtbuch — work and edition record
Catalogue HTML OCR
Wiktenauer · open
Research witness linked in quality phase 432.

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 200; 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.
Consult resource
Deutsches Klingenmuseum catalogue — Neu künstlich Fechtbuch, 1615
Catalogue PDF
Deutsches Klingenmuseum · open
Exact institutional catalogue line used for the 1615 Nuremberg/Ludwig Lochner imprint in quality phase 315.

Cover audit phase 719: reviewed in the complete frozen 821-candidate pass. Disposition=secondary_reference. Bibliographic or scholarly material rather than a direct manifestation image. External probe: HTTP 200; content type application/pdf.

Cover audit phase 740: final outcome=not_primary_manifestation_image; secondary reference retained for scholarship; no independently verified primary manifestation cover was adopted.
Consult resource
Internet Archive facsimile - Neu kunstlich Fechtbuch (1616)
Facsimile HTML
Internet Archive · open
Quality phase 261: endpoint format normalized as HTML.
Consult resource
HathiTrust Babel page-image access, Getty Research Institute copy
Facsimile HTML
HathiTrust · open
Direct Babel access supplied by user for the 1616 Nuremberg second issue.
Consult resource
HathiTrust catalogue record, 1616 Nuremberg second issue
Catalogue HTML
HathiTrust · open
Catalogue record for the 1616 Nuremberg second issue of Neu künstlich Fechtbuch.
Consult resource
The Online Books Page record, HathiTrust witness
Catalogue HTML
The Online Books Page · open
Imported from The Online Books Page keyword search "rapier".
Consult resource
Wiktenauer article - Neu Kunstlich Fechtbuch (Sebastian Heussler)
HTML OCR
Wiktenauer · offline
Created from Wiktenauer Books batch 7 on 2026-07-17.

Quality phase 262: title returned missing by the Wiktenauer MediaWiki API on 2026-08-24; historical URL retained and access marked offline.

Cover audit phase 719: reviewed in the complete frozen 821-candidate pass. Disposition=offline_or_removed. The database already records this resource as offline after source verification. External probe: HTTP 404; content type text/html; charset=UTF-8.

Cover audit phase 740: final outcome=source_offline_or_removed; source is offline or removed; retained as a historical pointer.
Consult resource
Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P073-E003
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 73 · Entry CAS-P073-E003
Castle entry CAS-P074-E003
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 74 · Entry CAS-P074-E003
Thimm entry 278
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 42 · Entry 278
Thimm entry 358
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 55 · Entry 358
Thimm entry 757
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 113 · Entry 757
Vigeant entry VIG-P069-E003
Vigeant (1882)
Arsène Vigeant, La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1882.
Pages 69-70 · Entry VIG-P069-E003
Reference Snapshot
Digital status Complete
Primary edition Neu künstlich Fechtbuch
Publisher Balthasar Caimox
City Nürnberg
Format 4°
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