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MASTERPIECES OF EUROPEAN ARMS AND ARMOUR IN THE WALLACE COLLECTION
List Price: $50.00 Our Price: $45.00 (As of May 20, 03:59 PM) Ships FREE from Amazon.com (details)  • This book is on our reading list • This book is on 4 myArmoury member lists
Edition: Paperback Other editions available: Paperback 50 third-party copies available from: $32.19 (As of May 20, 03:59 PM) 
Other items of interest: • Arms and Armour of Knights and Landsknechts in the Netherlands Army Museum • Princely Armor in the Age of Durer: A Renaissance Masterpiece in the Philadelphia Museum of Art • THE NOBLE ART OF THE SWORD: Fashion and Fencing in Renaissance Europe 1520-1630 • Arms and Armor: Notable Acquisitions 1991-2002 (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) • Shiny Shapes: Arms and Armor from the Zeughaus of Graz (Edition Joanneum)  Product Description: The collection of arms and armor at the Wallace Collection is widely recognized as being one of the largest and most important in the world. Consisting of around 2,500 objects, it represents both European and Oriental arms and armor. The European part of the collection was acquired primarily by Sir Richard Wallace, mainly in 1871, from the collections of Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick-founding father of the serious study of arms and armor-and that of the comte de Nieuwerkerke, Director of the Louvre under the Emperor Napoleon III. REVIEWS "The dazzling arms and armor at the Wallace Collection have always been legendary and this book for those who are fascinated by such things certainly does it proud. The colour plates are terrific and you can spend a long time studying the detail of a pommel or a scabbard or a helmet even.... The Birmingham Post"The selection of masterpieces is exactly right, and if you could do a touring international exhibition of arms and armour from the Wallace Collection, this is what you would choose. Despite all of the other publications, there is room for this one (though you should really have all the others as well), and if you need just one, buy this one. Toby has done a terrific job in selecting, writing and getting this fine book published." Royal Armourries Journal Arms and Armour Product Details/Specifications: Authors: Tobias Capwell David Edge Recording label: Paul Holberton Publishing Publishers: Paul Holberton Publishing Manufacturer: Paul Holberton Publishing EAN: 9780900785863 Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0900785861 Number of items: 1 Number of pages: 192 Publication date: 2011-11 Language: English (Unknown) Language: English (Original Language) Language: English (Published) Data cached: May 20, 2013 03:59 PM (GMT -8 hours) |
