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Payne-Gallwey, Ralph,
Sir,
1846-1916.
The book of the crossbow /
Ralph Payne-Gallwey.
Dover ed.
New York :
Dover Publications,
1995.
xxii, 328, 23 p. :
ill. ;
26 cm.
Originally published: The crossbow. London : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fascinating study—only book devoted exclusively to the crossbow—traces use of crossbow as military and sporting weapon, its construction and management in medieval and modern times; also, related weapons: balistas, catapults, Turkish bow, more. Over 240 illustrations.
20080202.
Crossbows.
Catapult.
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