Excerpt from Arms and Armor: Oriental and European Examples of the XV to XVIII Centuries, Valuable Gothic and Renaissance Tapestries, Paintings by Old Masters, Majolica, Stone Sculptures and Wood Carvings, Furniture, Wrought Iron, Books on Art Age (demay), Paris, 1877. Numerous illustrations, some in color. Together 7 vols. In 6, 4to, mostly cloth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.