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Books

The following list of books covers aspects of classical fencing and historical swordsmanship. A few other books are listed which give information on related areas such as theatrical fencing and arms and armour.

Books and authors that are underlined link to Amazon.com. Click on the links to read more about them and purchase books online.

Historical Swordsmanship

Medieval [1]
Rapier (Spanish School) [7]
Rapier (Italian School) [12]
Smallsword (French School) [5]
Smallsword (Italian School) [2]

Classical Fencing

Italian School [6]
French School [12]

Modern Fencing [6]

History [8]

Arms & Armour [19]

Biography [1]

Dueling [12]

Miscellaneous [5]

Online References and Links [4]


Historical Swordsmanship

Medieval

Novati, Francesco
FLOS DUELLATORUM
IL FIOR DI BATTAGLIA
di Maestro Fiore Die Liberi Da Premariacco Testo Inedito Del MCCCCX Pubblicato
Bergamo, 1902

Rapier (Spanish School)

Carranza, Jeronimo de
De la Filosofia de las Armas...
Seville, 1569 - 1582
De La Vega, D. Alvaro Guerra
Comprension de la Destreza
Seville, 1681
Narvaez, Don Luis Pacheco de
Libro de las Grandezas de la Espada
Madrid, 1600
Nueva Ciencia y Filosofia de la Destreza de las Armas...
Madrid, 1672
Rada, Don Francisco Lorenz De
Nobleza de la Espada
Madrid, 1705
Tamariz, Nicolas D.
Cartilla y Luz en la Verdadera Destreza
n.p. 1696
Thibault, Girard
Académie de l'Éspée
Leyden, 1628

Rapier (Italian School)

Agrippa, Camillo
Trattato di Scientia d'Arme
Rome, 1553
Alfieri, Francesco
La Scherma
Padua, 1640
Capo Ferro, Ridolfo
Gran Simulacro dell'Arte Edell'uso della Scherma
Siena, 1610
Di Mazo, Bondi
La Spada Maestra
Venice, 1696
Fabris, Salvator
De lo Schermo, overo scienza d'arme...
Copenhagen, 1606
Marcelli, Francesco Antonio
Regole della Scherma
Rome, 1686
Marozzo, Achille
Opera Nova
Venetia, 1536
Pallavicini, Giuseppe Moriscato
La Scherma Illustrata
Palermo, 1670
La Seconda Parte della Scherma Illustrata
Palermo, 1673
Saviolo, Vincentio
His Practice in Two Books
London, 1595
Senesio, Alessandro
Il Vero Maneggio della Spada
Bolonga, 1660
Viggiani, Angelo
Lo Schermo
Venice, 1575

Smallsword (French School)

Angelo, Domenico
The School of Fencing
London, 1787
Blackwell, Edward
The Art of Defence
Williamsburg VA, 1734
Danet
L'Art des Armes
n.p. 1746
L'Abbat, Monsieur
The Art of Fencing, or the use of The Small Sword
Dublin, 1734
Liancour, Le Sieur de
Le Maitre D'Armes ou L'Exercice de L'Epee Seule
Amsterdam, 1692

Smallsword (Italian School)

Bartelli, Paolo
Trattato di Scherma
Bologna, 1800
Scorza e Pietro
Scienzia della Scherma
Milan, 1803

Classical Fencing

Italian School

Barbasetti, Luigi
The Art of Foil
The Art of Sabre and the Epée
Ithaca, NY, 1936
Cristini
Esgrima Italiana
Santiago, 1900
Gaugler, William
The Science of Fencing
Laureate Press
Bangor, Maine, 1997
Greco, Aurelio
La Spada e la Sua Aplicazione
Rome, 1907
Marchionni, Alberto
Trattato di Scherma
Florence, 1847
Parise, Mansaniello
Trattato teorico-practico della scherma di spada e sciabola, preceduto da un cenno storico sulla scherma e sul duello
Rome, 1889

French School

Alvarez, Garcia
Esgrima de Espada
Granada, 1887
Grandeza de la Esgrima
Havana, 1892
Tratado de Esgrima
Havana, 1893
Carbonell
Teoría de la Esgrima
Madrid, 1900
Castello, Julio Martinez
Theory of Fencing
New York, 1931
Desmedt, Eugene
La Science de l'Escrime
Brussels, 1888
Dubios, Georges
l'Escrime de Duel
Paris, 1903
La Marche
Triaté de l'Epée
n.p. 1894
Prévost, Camille and G. Jollivet
l'Escrime et le Duel
Paris, 1891
Rondelle, Louis
Foil & Sabre: a Fencing Grammar
Boston, 1892
Saint-Albin
Salles d'Armes
Paris, 1875
Vendrall y Eduart
Arte de Esgrima del Palo
Paris, 1896

Modern Fencing

Alpar, Julius Palffy
Sword & Mask
Philadelphia, 1967
Crosnier, Riger
Fencing with The Sabre
London, 1954
Deladrier, Clovis
Modern Fencing
Annapolis, 1973
Gillet, Jean-Jacques
Foil Technique & Terminology
Ithaca NY, 1977
Mangiarotti, Edoardo and Cherchiari, Aldo
La Vera Scherma
Milan, 1966
Nadi, Aldo
On Fencing
New York, 1943

History

Amberger, Chris
The Secret History of the Sword
Unique Publications, 1999
Angelo, Henry
Reminisces of Henry Angelo
1904
Castle, Egerton
Schools & Masters of Fence
London, 1892
Fors, Luis Ricardo
Exposicion de las Doctrinas de Bazencourt: Los Secretos de la Espada
Buenos Aires, 1894
Gaugler, William
The History of Fencing: Foundations of Modern European Swordplay
Laureate Press
1998
Greco, Enzo Musumeci
Greco Uomini E Maestri d'Armi
Rome, 1983
Moreno, F (Dr. Moorne)
Esgrima Española (Apuntes para su Historia)
Madrid, 1904
Vindel
Antiguos Tratados De Esgrima
Madrid, 1898
Wise, Arthur
The Art & History of Personal Combat
London, 1971

Arms & Armour

Burton, Richard
The Book of the Sword
n.p. 1884
Coe, Michael D. et al.
Swords and Hilted Weapons
New York, 1989
Edge, David and John Miles Paddock
Arms & Armour of the Medieval Knight
Greenwich CT, 1988
Garcia, Llanso
Armas y Armaduras
n.p. 1895
Held, Robert
Arms and Armour Annual, Volume I
Digest Books, Inc., Northfield, Illinois 1973
Art, Arms and Armour: an International Anthology
Volume I: 1979-80
ACQUAFRESCA EDITRICE, S.A.
Chiasso Switzerland 1979
Neuman, George C.
Swords & Blades of the American Revolution
Harrisburg PA, 1973
Norman, A.V.B.
The Rapier and Smallsword 1460-1820
Arms and Armour Press, London, Melbourne
Arno Press, New York 1980
Norman, Vesey
Arms & Armour
London, 1964
North, Anthony
An Introduction to European Swords
London, 1982
Oakeshott, Ewart
The Archaeology of Weapons
New York (or London), 1960
European Weapons and Armour
Beinfeld Publishing, Inc.
North Hollywood, CA. USA 1980
Reid, Willaim
Weapons Through The Ages
London, 1984
Stone, George C.
A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration, and Use of Arms and Armour
n.p. (U.S.) 1934
Tarassuk, Leonid
Parrying Daggers & Poinards
n.p. (U.S.) 1987
Complete Encyclopedia of Arms and Weapons
n.p. (U.S.)
Wagner, Eduard
Swords & Daggers
London, 1975
Wilkinson, Frederick
Arms & Armour
New York, 1973
Wilkinson-Latham, Robert
Swords
Dorset, 1977

Biography

Nadi, Aldo
The Living Sword: A Fencer's Autobiography
Laureate Press, 1995

Dueling

Baldick, Robert
The Duel
London, 1965
Billacois, Francois
The Duel: Its Rise and Fall in Early Modern France
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990
Cienfuegos, Luis Ramos Yzquierdo
Codigo Del Duelo
n.p. 1889
Gelli
Manuale del duellante
n.p. 1889
Hutton, Alfred
The Sword & the Centuries
London, 1901
Kane, Harnett T.
Gentlemen, Swords & Pistols
New York, 1961
Keirnan, V.G.
The Duel in European History
Oxford, 1986
Landry, Stuart O.
Duelling in Old New Orleans
New Orleans, 1950
McAleer, Kevin
Dueling: The Cult of Honor in Fin-de-Siecle Germany
Princeton University Press
Princeton, New Jersey 1994
Steinmetz, Andrew
The Romance of Dueling in all Times and Countries, 2 vols.
London, 1868
Thimm, Carl A.
A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Dueling
1846
Author Unkown
The British Code of Duel: A Reference to the Laws of Honor and the Character of a Gentleman.
London, 1824

Miscellaneous

Bazancourt, Baron de
Secrets of the Sword
London, 1911
Hobbs, William
Techniques of the Stage Fight
London, 1967
Jackson, James Louis
Three Elizabethan Fencing Manuals
Delmar, NY Scholars Facsimiles & Reprints, 1972
Mariano de Rementeria y Fica
Manual del Baratero
Madrid, 1849
Morton, E.D.
A-Z of Fencing
London, n.d.

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