| Der Kůnstliche Fechter |
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| The Artful Fencer |
Title page of the 1679 edition |
| Author(s) |
Theodori Verolini |
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| Illustrated by |
Unknown |
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| Place of origin |
Würzburg, Germany |
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| Language |
New High German |
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| Genre(s) |
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| Publisher |
Joann Bencard |
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| Publication date |
1679 |
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| Pages |
264 |
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| Treatise scans |
- Digital scans (1-3 · 4)
- Digital scans (A B C D)
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Der Kůnstliche Fechter ("The Artful Fencer") is a German fencing manual written by Theodori Verolini and initially printed in 1679. Verolini's treatise contains teachings on the long sword, dussack, and rapier that seem to be derived from the earlier work of Joachim Meÿer or Jakob Sutor, as well as a complete repetition of the 1674 grappling treatise of Nicolaes Petter.
Publication History
Der Kůnstliche Fechter was first printed in 1679 by Würzburg publisher Joann Bencard. This seems to have been its only printing, but book 4 is a reprint of Joann Christoph Widenmann's 1675 printing of Nicolaes Petter's 1674 wrestling manual Klare Onderrichtinge der Voortreffelijke Worstel-Konst.
Contents
Gallery
Title Pages
Figures
Additional Resources
- Blanes, Jerome. Nicolaes Petter, the Biography. Self-published, 2014. ISBN 978-1105916694
- van Noort, Reinier. Nicolaes Petter’s Clear instructions in the excellent Art of Grappling. Self-published, 2019.
- Ott Jud; Dürer, Albrecht; Auerswald, Fabian von; Petter, Nicolaes; Paschen, Johann. Chronik alter Kampfkünste: Zeichnungen und Texte aus Schriften alter Meister entstanden 1443-1674. Weinmann, 2003. ISBN 978-3878920311
- Petter, Nicolaes. Nicolaes Petter - Self Defense Martial Art. Trans. Jerome Blanes. Self-published, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4583-2353-8
- Wassmannsdorff, Karl. Nicolaes Petter's Ring-Kunst vom Jahre 1674. Karl Groos: Heidelberg, 1887.
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