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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.

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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 (first issue, 1615) 1615
CityNuremberg
PublisherNot specified
PrinterNot specified
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.
Neu künstlich Fechtbuch 1616
CityNürnberg
PublisherBalthasar Caimox
PrinterLudwig Lochner
Format
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 künstlich Fechtbuch 1617
CityNürnberg
PublisherNot specified
PrinterNot specified
FormatNot specified
PagesNot specified
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 113. [2026-07-18 editorial reconstruction: rebuilt from collapsed review quotation and normalized to the 1617 Nuremberg reprint.]
Neu Kunstlich Fechtbuch zum dritten mal auffgelegt und verbessert 1630
CityNürnberg
PublisherBalthasar Gaymor
PrinterSimon Halbmayern
Formatoblong 4to
PagesNot specified
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.
Digital Witnesses
Internet Archive facsimile - Neu kunstlich Fechtbuch (1616)
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HathiTrust Babel page-image access, Getty Research Institute copy
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Direct Babel access supplied by user for the 1616 Nuremberg second issue.
HathiTrust catalogue record, 1616 Nuremberg second issue
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Catalogue record for the 1616 Nuremberg second issue of Neu künstlich Fechtbuch.
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Imported from The Online Books Page keyword search "rapier".
Wiktenauer article - Neu Kunstlich Fechtbuch (Sebastian Heussler)
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Created from Wiktenauer Books batch 7 on 2026-07-17.
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 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