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Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Also a Descriptive Notice of Modern Weapons, Translated from the French of M. P. Lacombe, and With a Preface, Notes, and One Additional Chapter on Arms and Armour in England.
by Boutell, Charles
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London, Reeves and Turner, 1874. Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. xvi, 296. Frontispiece. With 71 engraved illustrations, often as full-page plates. Large engraved head-piece. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full mahogany cloth, large illustration embossed in gilt on upper cover within ornamental black frame, spine illustrated in gilt, bevelled edges, top edge gilt, chalked endpapers (the first with inscription on verso), spine ends moderately worn, last inner hinge cracked. In a very good condition. Fine interior in handsome binding. ~ First published in French in 1868. I-2 OUT
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- Title
- Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Also a Descriptive Notice of Modern Weapons, Translated from the French of M. P. Lacombe, and With a Preface, Notes, and One Additional Chapter on Arms and Armour in England.
- Author
- Boutell, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - .
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- 1
- Publisher
- London, Reeves and Turner
- Date Published
- 1874
- Keywords
- WEAPONS HAND HELD HANDHELD CARBINE RIFLE HANDGUN MUSKET PISTOL REVOLVER SHOTGUN MANUFACTURE METALWORK GUNSMITH WEAPON SMITH WEAPONSMITH FIREARM FIREARMS CRAFTSMANSHIP ARTIFACT MILITARY HISTORY MILITARIA NOISBN
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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