Tratado Completo do Jogo de Florete

Modernised edition, restored facsimile and critical notes.b

Presentation

Published in Lisbon by Impressão Régia in 1804, Teotónio Rodrigues de Carvalho’s Tratado Completo do Jogo de Florete is one of the most important works of technical literature on Portuguese fencing from the early 19th century.

The work sets out the fundamental principles of foil fencing, systematising the offensive and defensive exercises of this art at a time marked by the influence of the French school of fencing and the growing importance of military training.

Its author, a Knight-Fidalgo of the Royal Household and fencing master, was closely associated with Portuguese military education, having taught António Teixeira Rebelo, a key figure in the founding of the institution that would later become the Military College.

More than two centuries after its first publication, this new edition revives a document of fundamental importance for the study of historical fencing, bringing together the full transcription of the original text, historical and biographical research, explanatory notes and a glossary of technical terminology.

The edition also includes a complete facsimile reproduction of the 1804 publication, preserving the original typographical layout and engravings, thereby enabling the reader to consult the historical source directly.

As part of The Stafffighter’s Library collection, this publication aims to contribute to the preservation, promotion and dissemination of the documentary heritage of Portuguese martial arts.

Contents (summary)

• An original work by Teotónio Rodrigues de Carvalho, published in Lisbon in 1804.
• One of the first printed treatises on fencing in the Portuguese language.
• A complete transcription of the treatise, with updated spelling whilst preserving the technical terminology.
• A historical and biographical study of the author, with new documentary references.
• A contextualisation of Portuguese fencing and the influence of the French school in the early 19th century.
• Explanatory notes and historical clarifications on the concepts presented.
• Glossary of technical terms from historical fencing.
• Complete facsimile reproduction of the original 1804 edition, including the engravings.
• Edited, transcribed and annotated by Paulo Jorge da Silva Lopes.
• Part of the collection The Stafffighter’s Library.

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