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L art des armes, ou la maniere la plus certaine de se servir utilement de l epee

Treatise 1766 French France

Guillaume Danet

E-block staging entry validated for model fit. Imported from staging batch duell-thimm-e, source entry 542.

Castle also records the 1787 Paris Danet edition with royal privilege.

Castle records the original 1766-1767 Danet two-volume issue. The local work record represents the same publication family and later editions.

Vigeant 1882 confirms the original 1766-1767 Danet publication as a two-volume reforming treatise, with portrait and 43 copperplates by Taraval after Vaxcilliere, and treats Danet as a major creator of the modern French school.

Final Vigeant duplicate sweep on 2026-08-11 folded the shorter authorless shell L'art des armes (work 2244) into this canonical Guillaume Danet record.

3 Editions
3 Resources
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7 References
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Bibliographic Overview
TitleL art des armes, ou la maniere la plus certaine de se servir utilement de l epee
AuthorGuillaume Danet
Earliest publication date1766
LanguageFrench
CountryFrance
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
Guillaume Danet
Authority Roles
Author
Guillaume Danet
Edition History
L'art des armes, ou la maniere la plus certaine de se servir utilement de l'epee 1766
CityParis
PublisherHérissant fils
PrinterNot specified
Format2 vols. in 8vo
PagesVol. 1: [4], xxxviii, 241, [9] p.; vol. 2: [14], 215, [1 blank] p.
DimensionsNot specified
Vigeant 1882, pp. 48-49: Paris, Herissant fils, rue Saint-Jacques, 1766-1767. Two octavo volumes appearing one year apart, with frontispiece, author portrait, and 43 copperplates by Taraval after Vaxcilliere. Vigeant remarks that the plate count stated on the titles is inaccurate. Contains dedicatory epistle, preface, and introduction.

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 432: collated manifestation evidence supplies the two-volume pagination; conflicting published plate totals remain documented rather than silently normalized.
L'art des armes, où l'on donne l'application de la théorie à la pratiquedecetartaveclesprincipesméthodiques adoptés dans nos écoles royales d'armes. Ouvrage aussi que nécessaires etc. 2eedition. 2 vols 1787
CityParis
PublisherNot specified
PrinterNot specified
Format8°
Pages2 volumes; 45 copperplates
DimensionsNot specified
Source pages: 89. Bracketed notes: ["Ecuyer, Syndic-Garde des ordres de la Compagnie des Maîtres enfaitd'armes des Académies du Roien laville et Fauxbourgs de Paris, aujourd'hui directeur de l'Ecole Royaled'Armes", "AvecapprobationetprivilègeduRoi. 45copperplates, outofthetext."]

Castle and the inherited Thimm line identify this as the 1787 Paris second-edition family state, not the original Danet publication.

Quality phase 296: A complete two-volume Danet suite is documented with portrait, frontispiece and forty-five folding plates. Source: https://www.gazette-drouot.com/lots/9367270/danet-guillaume---l-art-des---

Quality phase 465: Thimm confirms the Paris 1787 second edition in two volumes with forty-five copperplates.
L'art des armes.... 3e edition. Bélin. Rue St.Jacques. 2vols 1798
CityParis
PublisherBelin
PrinterNot specified
Format8°
Pages2 volumes; 47 engraved figures
DimensionsNot specified
Paris, 1798, Belin, rue Saint-Jacques. Two volumes. Castle records this as the later Belin reissue of Danet's L'art des armes.

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

Quality phase 296: The year-VI third edition is externally collated with the same complete forty-five-plate programme. Source: https://www.dominicwinter.co.uk/Auction/Lot/lot-461---danet-guillaume-lart-des-armes-2-volumes-3rd-edition-paris-belin-an-6-1797-or-98/?lot=356495&sd=1

Quality phase 465: Thimm confirms the Paris an VI third edition in two volumes, enriched with forty-seven engraved figures.
Digital Witnesses
Thimm bibliography — phase 465 edition 831
Catalogue PDF
Thimm bibliography · open
Research witness linked in quality phase 465 (50-edition batch).
Consult resource
Thimm bibliography — phase 465 edition 830
Catalogue PDF
Thimm bibliography · open
Research witness linked in quality phase 465 (50-edition batch).
Consult resource
L’art des armes — collated 1766–1767 copy
Catalogue HTML OCR
AbeBooks · open
Research witness linked in quality phase 432.

Cover audit phase 719: reviewed in the complete frozen 821-candidate pass. Disposition=commercial_listing. Commercial or auction listing; image stability, rights and exact-edition provenance are insufficient for automatic reuse. External probe: HTTP 200; content type text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1.

Cover audit phase 740: final outcome=commercial_image_not_adopted; commercial listing retained as provenance evidence; unstable or rights-unclear sales imagery was not adopted.
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Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P056-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 56 · Entry CAS-P056-E003
Castle entry CAS-P056-E004
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 56 · Entry CAS-P056-E004
Castle entry CAS-P086-E004
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 86 · Entry CAS-P086-E004
Thimm entry 567
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 86,87 · Entry 567
Thimm entry 568
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 89 · Entry 568
Thimm entry 569
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 89 · Entry 569
Vigeant entry VIG-P048-E001
Vigeant (1882)
Arsène Vigeant, La Bibliographie de l'escrime ancienne et moderne. Paris: Imprimé par Motteroz, 1882.
Pages 48-49 · Entry VIG-P048-E001
Reference Snapshot
Digital status Catalogued
Primary edition L'art des armes, où l'on donne l'application de la théorie à la pratiquedecetartaveclesprincipesméthodiques adoptés dans nos écoles royales d'armes. Ouvrage aussi que nécessaires etc. 2eedition. 2 vols
Publisher Not specified
City Paris
Format 8°
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