LIONELLO BOCCIA, EDUARDO COELHO - ARMI BIANCHE ITALIANE affordable sword for a German

affordable sword for a German sword collector

Made at Coulaux  & Cie in Klingenthal

printed at Imprimerie de Vaugirard

with most of its blued surface intact and turned to a nice dark patina

which is bi-fullered at the forte

LIONELLO BOCCIA, EDUARDO COELHO - ARMI BIANCHE ITALIANE affordable sword for a GermanThis very large, long out of print book is a very important photographic reference for the collectors of European edged weapons. 800 high quality photographs of Italian or related weapons from the best of world's museums are represented here, dating from the Middle Ages to the late 18th century. Weapons are juxtaposed in context of their contemporary paintings and sculptural references. This 1975 title from the Bramante Editrice art publishing house