Masterpieces of European Arms and Armour in the Wallace Collection - Brossura

Capwell, Tobias

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0900785861 ISBN 13: 9780900785863

Casa editrice: Paul Holberton Pub, 2011

Riassunto

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 Meyrick—founding father of the serious study of arms and armor—and that of the comte de Nieuwerkerke, Director of the Louvre under the Emperor Napoleon III.

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The recent appearance of two important volumes devoted to parts of the Wallace Collections could prove to be a watershed between the past and the future for that most magnificent of publishing beasts, the academic catalogue. Both the Catalogue of Glass and Limoges Painted Enamels and Masterpieces of European Arms and Armour are as beautifully presented and generously illustrated as they are well researched. --The Times, 3.12.2011

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• Editore: Paul Holberton Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0900785861
• ISBN 13: 9780900785863
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 252