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 figures.
| ISBN: | 9780486407265 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 2000 |
| Author: | George Cameron Stone |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications an imprint of Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 694 pages |
| Series: | Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor |
| Genres: |
Antiques, vintage and collectables |