Deutliche Erklårung der Fechtkunst (Johann Daniel Lange)

Deutliche Erklårung der Fechtkunst
Clear Explanation of the Art of Fencing
Title page of the 1664 edition
Full title	A Clear and Thorough Explanation of the Noble, Chivalric, and Free Art of Fencing
Author(s)	Johann Daniel Lange
Illustrated by	Unknown
Place of origin	Heidelberg, Germany
Language	Early New High German
Genre(s)	Fencing manual
Publisher	Adrian Weingarten
Publication date	1664, 1708
Pages	157 pages
Treatise scans	Digital scans (1664) Digital scans (1708) B&W photocopy (1708)

Deutliche und grůndliche Erklårung der Adelichen und Ritterlichen freyen Fecht-Kunst ("A Clear and Thorough Explanation of the Noble, Chivalric, and Free Art of Fencing") is a German fencing manual written by Johann Daniel Lange (as Jéann Daniel L'Ange) and initially printed in 1664. It treats the use of the single rapier and seems to fall into the tradition of Salvator Fabris.

Publication History

Deutliche Erklårung der Fechtkunst was first printed in Heidelberg, Germany in 1664 by Adrian Weingarten. The master's son, Charles L'Ange, seems to have renewed printing in 1708 in Düsseldorf, Germay.

In 2014 it was translated into English by Reinier van Noort and published by Fallen Rook Publishing under the title Lessons on the Thrust.

Contents

1 - 12	Preface by Johann Daniel Lange
13 - 139	Rapier by Johann Daniel Lange

Gallery

Title pages

Title page (1664)

Title page (1708)

Portrait of Lange

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Additional Resources

• L'Ange, Jéann Daniel. Lessons on the Thrust. Trans. Reinier van Noort. Fallen Rook Publishing, 2014. ISBN 978-0-9926735-4-3

Copyright and License Summary

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Work	Author(s)	Source	License
Images		Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
Transcription	Reinier van Noort	Index:Deutliche Erklårung der Fechtkunst (Jean Daniel L'Ange)