Standard Work in Weapons Science. A complete account of the development of small arms from the invention of gunpowder to the first recoil loader. Military, hunting and sporting weapons are covered, with the emphasis on military weapons. Very detailed descriptions of the technical development of man-carried long and short weapons: Weapons with matchlock, wheellock, flintlock, flintlock, military flintlock, and bayonet flintlock, percussion lock and with military percussion lock.
The text descriptions are accompanied by more than 700 colour drawings on plates, which also show the various firing mechanisms of the pistols and rifles as well as other technical elements of the weapons in pictures.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Thierback, Moritz
Title
Die geschichtliche Entwicklung der Handfeuerwaffen, bearbeitet nach den in deutschen Sammlungen noch vorhandenen Originalen
Details
Reprint of the Dresden 1889 edition. More than 700 coloured drawings of individual components of long and short weapons on 18 double-page and fold-out plates. 590 pages.
State
new
Fines Mundi GmbH An den Ziegelhütten 1-3 66127 Saarbrücken Deutschland
