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Schools and Masters of Fence, from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century
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Schools and Masters of Fence, from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century

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Egerton Castle

C-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-c, source entry 379. Bibliographic title normalized on August 6, 2026 from corrected external reference data for the 1892 revised edition. The first edition appeared in London in 1885; the 1892 issue is a substantially revised and enlarged edition rather than a mere reprint. Although the book includes a major preliminary bibliography, it also functions as a historical and historiographical study of European fencing traditions. Reference note reviewed on August 6, 2026 from corrected bibliographic data supplied by the project. The first edition appeared as Schools and Masters of Fence, from the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century (London: George Bell & Sons, 1885), at approximately 254 pages. The 1892 issue represented here is the new and revised edition, expanded to approximately xxviii, 355 pages with plates, illustrations, portrait, and a substantial preliminary fencing bibliography. Related exemplars dated 1893 should be treated as later issues or closely related editions rather than collapsed into the 1892 manifestation. This work is not merely a bibliography: it is also a historical and historiographical study of European fencing traditions, with especially important coverage of Italian, Spanish, German, French, and English schools.

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TitleSchools and Masters of Fence, from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century
AuthorEgerton Castle
Earliest publication date1892
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited Kingdom
Document typeBibliography
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Egerton Castle
Bibliography and CataloguesFencing
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Egerton Castle
Edition History
Schools and Masters of Fence, from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century. With a Complete Bibliography. Illustrated with reproductions of old engravings and representations of typical swords. A New and Revised Edition 1892
CityLondon
PublisherGeorge Bell & Sons
PrinterNot specified
Format8vo
Pagesxxviii, 355 p.
Dimensions19 cm
Source pages: 63. Bracketed notes: ["M.A., F.S.A., \"Con brevetto di nomina a MaestrodiScherma.\" Membrehonorairedel'Académied'Armesde Paris", "Portrait of the author in photogravure (in fencing dress, armed with rapieranddaggerofElizabethanfashion,replacingthe idealfrontispiece ofthefirstedition). Frontispiece. Publisher's note. Afewoftheplates reduced."] London: George Bell & Sons, 1892. New and revised edition. Attached research note records approximately xxviii, 355 pages, plates, illustrations, and portrait; earlier 1885 first edition and later 1893 issue should be treated as related editions rather than collapsed into this one. Normalized bibliographic citation: Egerton Castle, Schools and Masters of Fence, from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century. With a Complete Bibliography. Illustrated with Reproductions of Old Engravings and Representations of Typical Swords. A New and Revised Edition. London: George Bell & Sons, 1892. Physical description reported by the supplied note: xxviii, 355 pages; plates; illustrations; portrait; approximately 19 cm. The preliminary bibliography occupies roughly pages xxv-lxxviii or [xxiii]-lxxviii depending on cataloging source. This revised edition is materially expanded from the 1885 first edition and is an important secondary source for fencing historiography as well as bibliography.

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Quality phase 188: NLI exact-copy collation structured; the bibliography is catalogued at pp. xxv–lxxviii.
Schools and Masters of Fence from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century: with a Complete Bibliography 1910
CityLondon
PublisherGeorge Bell & Sons
PrinterNot specified
FormatNot specified
Pageslxxviii, 355 p.
DimensionsNot specified
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Scholarly References
Thimm entry 402
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 63 · Entry 402