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Comprehensive account of the construction, technique and performance of ancient artillery from the earliest catapult also including a section on bows of medieval and later times. Reprint of 1907 first edition with illustrations. 78pp.
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- PublisherEP Publishing Ltd
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 0854097767
- ISBN 13 9780854097760
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages74
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The Projectile-throwing Engines of the Ancients and Turkish and Other Oriental Bows of Medieval and Later times
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EP, Wakefield, UK
(1973)
ISBN 10: 0854097767
ISBN 13: 9780854097760
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 44pp, 24pp. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on front. Bumped spine ends, bump to top of front board. Text block edges starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun faded, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped. Folio. Section 1: The Projectile-Throwing Engines of the Ancients. Sections 2: A Treatise on the Construction, Power and Management of Turkish and other Oriental Bows on Mediaeval and Later Times. Originally published 1907. With a new introduction by E G Heath. Traces their history from the earliest catapult to the ballista and the trebuchets. Hard-to-find in any format. Seller Inventory # 012726
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