Joseph Tinguely wrote his Manual of Contre Pointe Fencing  when the sabre, a thug's weapon, was being introduced into the academic discipline of fencing. Foreword by Julien Garry of De Taille et d’Estoc.

Episode from the History of Sorcerors  provides a brief biography of the rise and downfall of André des Bordes, French fencing master under successive dukes of Lorraine including his trial on charges of witchcraft. 

Found in a famous collection of 19th century ​folklore, The Strange Story of the Solicitous Phantom Cavalier who Fought a Duel is one of the more bizarre example of the genre of 17th century tracts against dueling.

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A transcription from facsimile of  Marc de la Beraudiere's Le Combat de Seul a Seul en Camp Clos 1608 which, although it argues against the practice, lists who can and cannot undertake a duel and the rules by which they must abide. (French)

The script of George Eekhoud's public performance in Brussel, 1894, at which Alfred Hutton and the London Rifle Brigade was invited to perform. Referred to in my translation of Adolphe Corthey's Fencing Through the Ages​.

One of the few extant texts which describe fencing during the time of the Napoleon, L'Escrime, Appliquée à l'Art Militaire is a unique look at a turning point in the history of fencing in France touching on the use of the sword in a military context. (French)