The Crossbow..
Bound in original black buckram with gilt lettering on spine and a gilt-embossed figure on horseback with crossbow on upper front board. The book has been skilfully re-cased and professional strengthening has given the original binding a new lease of life.Some wear to pages.
£150.00
Publisher
Longmans, Green and Co., London.,
Date
1903..
Synopsis
Mediaeval and modern. military and sporting. its construction, history and management. with a treatise on the ballista and catapults of the ancients.
Item Description
First edition, Folio. 328 pp. Illustrated throughout with over 220 plates and diagrams.
Notes
Rare First Edition of this classic work.
[Stock No. 18821]
