Siegmund Carl Friedrich Weischner's Fencing Exercises at the Court of Saxony

Siegmund Carl Friedrich Weischner was fencing master at the court of Weimar. He authored a fencing treatise, of which he prepared three different editions. First, he completed a manuscript around 1731, which included 19 colourful drawings. Next, two printed editions were published in 1764 and 1765, with the latter containing 30 plates. Weischner's manuscript can be considered the oldest known fencing treatise within the Kreussler lineage. This book presents parallel translations of the three editions of Weischner's work, as well as all illustrations from the 1731 and 1765 editions. This is preceded by a brief introduction to Siegmund Carl Friedrich Weischner and his works.