Sunday 6 December 2009

European Weapons and Warfare by Eduard Wagner




Thanks to a reader in Toronto I have some scans to show the delightful artwork from this vintage book that makes up a unique introduction to the period. I really like the style of artwork - really sells the visual style of the era. Obviously my eyes are tinted with the rosey glow of nostalgia but as someone who doesn't like a lot of reading in a book (I used to be a proof reader) this is right up my street.


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5 comments:

  1. tradgardmastare6 December 2009 at 12:07

    I bought the book many ,many moons ago and I have never regreted buying it. It is simply inspirational...
    Alan

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  2. Here and now6 December 2009 at 14:22

    More scans from this book here ->
    http://picasaweb.google.pl/muzeaXVII/ArsBellaGrendi#

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  3. dgadgdfgafd7 December 2009 at 00:46

    Hi, Wagner has another book for first half of 15th century in Czech kingdom (Husites).
    Here you can see all pictures from this book http://www.kazi.webz.cz/wagner/

    So you can imagine, what you can find in TYW Wagner...

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  4. ravachol16 December 2009 at 06:31

    So sad that the 17thcentury book is the one out of print ... more scans would be great !!

    For the XV century great one , it is still aviable for affordable prices as it was reprinted by dover publications ( www.doverpublication.com )

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  5. ravachol17 December 2009 at 14:43

    having a quick browse for more parts finaly came out with a resume of the various chapters :
    Table :

    (in french )
    Introduction – Table des illustrations – préface – Les caractéristiques de l’armée – La cavalerie – L’infanterie – Le combat rapproché – L’artillerie – Le train – Les places fortes – Les fortifications de campagne – Traversées des cours d’eau – Le matériel – le ravitaillement et la cuisine – Bibliographie

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