Masterpieces of European Arms and Armour in the Wallace Collection

by: Tobias Capwell - David Edge

Masterpieces of European Arms and Armour in the Wallace Collection
Author: Tobias Capwell, David Edge

Publisher: Trustees of the Wallace Collection

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Format: Paperback / softback

Publication date: 15 July 2011

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ISBN: 0900785861 ISBN 13: 9780900785863

Complete 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 Meyrickfounding father of the serious study of arms and armorand that of the comte de Nieuwerkerke, Director of the Louvre under the Emperor Napoleon III. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Trustees of the Wallace Collection

City: London

Pages: 252

More info: height 280 mm width 245 mm weight 1329 gr thickness 19 mm

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Age recommended: General/trade

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC23) 623.4074421 Library of Congress Subject: Armor - Europe

Record updated at: 25 May, 2013 time: 13:26


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