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Product Identifiers

PublisherSkyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

ISBN-101602390126

ISBN-139781602390126

eBay Product ID (ePID)57102692

Product Key Features

Book TitleFlintlock : Its Origin, Development, and Use

Number of Pages200 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSculpture & Installation, Military / Weapons, Decorative Arts

Publication Year2007

IllustratorYes

GenreDesign, Art, History

AuthorTorsten Lenk

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height8.4 in

Item Weight22.4 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2006-102672

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal623.4/425

Synopsis"This great work is doubtless the most important and most splendidly produced single work in the literature of arms and armor."J. F..., A groundbreaking treatise based on fifteen years of research, Torsten Lenk's classic study of the flintlock has been acclaimed for decades as the essential book on the subject. His passion for this historic weapon was almost as remarkable as his precision and his eye for detail. From his post as Director of the Swedish Royal Armory, he traveled far and wide to inspect thousands of rare weapons stored in private collections. His illuminating volume encompasses the development of this essential hunting and fighting tool, and it is without equal as a reference for flintlock collectors, dealers, or owners--or for anyone with an interest in weapons and history., A groundbreaking treatise based on fifteen years of research, Torsten Link's classic study of the flintlock has been acclaimed for decades as the essential book on the subject. His passion for this historic weapon was almost as remarkable as his precision and his eye for detail. From his post as Director of the Swedish Royal Armory, he traveled far and wide to inspect thousands of rare weapons stored in private collections. His illuminating volume encompasses the development of this essential hunting and fighting tool, and it is without equal as a reference for flintlock collectors, dealers, or owners--or for anyone with an interest in weapons and history.

LC Classification NumberU885.L453 2007