Author:
Wigington Robin
Title:
THE FIREARMS OF TIPU SULTAN, 1783-1799: A SURVEY AND RECORD.
Price:
£235.00
Year:
1992
Edition:
1st Edn
Publisher:
John Taylor Book Ventures
City of Publication:
Hatfield
Summary:
148 pages, All edges gilt ,4to Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs throughout. Publishers' blue cloth with gilt crest to upper cover. A fine copy in likewise DJ. A survey of the characteristics of the arms with references to the man they were made for and the craftsman who made them. This is followed by a detailed description of the entire group. Tipu had a love of firearms and so great was this interest that he employed European artificers, mainly French, to make weapons of the very latest design.
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22115