AN
ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
OF
ARMS AND ARMOUE
FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE
PRESENT TIME.
BY
AUGUSTE DEMMIN.
WITH NEARLY 2000 ILLUSTRATIONS.
TRANSLATED BY C. C. BLACK, M.A..
ASSISTANT KEEPER, SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.
“Quum prorepserunt primls anlmalia tenis, Mutum et turpe pecus, glandem atque cubilia propter Unguibus et pugnis, dein fastibus, atque ita porro Pugnabant armis quae post fabiicaverat csus.”
Horace, Sat. I. iii