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George Cameron Stone

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Description:This indispensable resource employs an dictionary-style format that makes it easy to locate material on an astonishing variety of weapons. Arquebuses, flintlocks, matchlocks, and other antique guns appear here, as well as German armor, French rapiers, Roman short swords, Turkish crossbows, Japanese bladed weapons, and more. Over 4,500 photographs and drawings, plus 875 figuresWidely considered the classic book in the field, this is an idespensable resource and reference tool for anyone interested in arms and armor. Originally published in 1934, it remains an essential guide to the field. To describe the worldwide range and variety of weponry, Stone drew upon the more than 4,000 items in his private collection of Eastern arms and armor, as well as the European arms collection of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a variety of other sources. Since the author subsequently bequeathed his entire collection to the Metropolitan Museum, this volume serves as an abrreviated visual reference to that institiution's Arms and Armor collection.By profession a metallurgist, the author focused on techniques of manufacture and workmanship to derive his method of codifying the typology of weapons, relying on an alphabetized dictionary format to aboid the confusisons he found in a field witout standardized nomenclature. This "glossary" format makes it easy for nyone to locate material on the astonishing variety of weaons covered. These include arquebuses, bluderbuses, flintlocks, wheel locks, matchlocks, and other antique guns; German armor; French rapiers; Roman short swords; Turkish crossbows; all the Japanese bladed weapons (katana, wakizahi, maginata, etc.); the East Asian kris in its countless permutations; and many more.Illustrated with 875 detailed figures, incorporating thousands of individual photographs and drawing, the book was written from the unique viewont of an expert who devoted a lifetime to the field.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times. To get started finding A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This indispensable resource employs an dictionary-style format that makes it easy to locate material on an astonishing variety of weapons. Arquebuses, flintlocks, matchlocks, and other antique guns appear here, as well as German armor, French rapiers, Roman short swords, Turkish crossbows, Japanese bladed weapons, and more. Over 4,500 photographs and drawings, plus 875 figuresWidely considered the classic book in the field, this is an idespensable resource and reference tool for anyone interested in arms and armor. Originally published in 1934, it remains an essential guide to the field. To describe the worldwide range and variety of weponry, Stone drew upon the more than 4,000 items in his private collection of Eastern arms and armor, as well as the European arms collection of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a variety of other sources. Since the author subsequently bequeathed his entire collection to the Metropolitan Museum, this volume serves as an abrreviated visual reference to that institiution's Arms and Armor collection.By profession a metallurgist, the author focused on techniques of manufacture and workmanship to derive his method of codifying the typology of weapons, relying on an alphabetized dictionary format to aboid the confusisons he found in a field witout standardized nomenclature. This "glossary" format makes it easy for nyone to locate material on the astonishing variety of weaons covered. These include arquebuses, bluderbuses, flintlocks, wheel locks, matchlocks, and other antique guns; German armor; French rapiers; Roman short swords; Turkish crossbows; all the Japanese bladed weapons (katana, wakizahi, maginata, etc.); the East Asian kris in its countless permutations; and many more.Illustrated with 875 detailed figures, incorporating thousands of individual photographs and drawing, the book was written from the unique viewont of an expert who devoted a lifetime to the field.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times. To get started finding A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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