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Over 750 detailed, high-quality illustrations from rare 19th-century sources: suits of armor, chain mail, swords, helmets, knives, crossbows and other implements, along with scenes of battle, soldiers, horses, artillery and more. Especially suitable for projects requiring a medieval or old-fashioned flavor, these illustrations will fill a myriad of needs for battle-related graphic art.
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Arms and Armor - Dover Publications
German (17th-Century).
ARMS AND ARMOR
A P
ICTORIAL
A
RCHIVE
FROM
N
INETEENTH
-C
ENTURY
S
OURCES
SELECTED & ARRANGED BY
Carol Belanger Grafton
DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.
NEW YORK
Copyright
Copyright © 1995 by Dover Publications, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Bibliographical Note
Arms and Armor: A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century Sources is a new work, first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 1995.
This book belongs to the Dover Pictorial Archive Series. You may use the designs and illustrations for graphics and crafts applications, free and without special permission, provided that you include no more than ten in the same publication or project. For permission for additional use, please
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