Arms and Armor: A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century Sources (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486285610)

Over thousands of years, man has developed an enormous variety of offensive and defensive weapons for use in battle as well as a vast array of armor and other protective devices. Now artists and illustrators can draw on this extensive archive for superb copyright-free illustrations of vintage arms, armor, and other battlefield paraphernalia.
Choose from a rich trove of over 750 illustrations compiled from rare nineteenth-century sources. Included are detailed, high-quality depictions -- arranged chronologically and, to some extent, geographically -- of suits of armor, chain mail, swords, halberds, spears, pikes, lances, crossbows, axes, daggers, helmets, shields, knives, small arms, and a host of other implements, along with scenes of battle, siege, jousts, soldiers, horses, and more.
Especially suitable for projects requiring a medieval or old-fashioned flavor, these illustrations reproduce extremely well. They will fill a myriad of needs for battle-related graphic art.


Author: Carol Belanger Grafton
ISBN-10: 0486285618
ISBN-13: 9780486285610
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 07/25/1995
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 10.93h x 8.43w x 0.32d