Catalogue Of European Daggers Including the Ellis, De Dino, Riggs, and Reubell Collections.
New York: Metropolitan Museum Of Art, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 196 pages. 34 x 25 cm. Limited edition one of 900. Eighty five plates with tissue guards. Numerous examples of daggers dating from the 14th to the 18th century. The interior contents are almost as new. Bibliography. Marks and Plates. Spine and backstrip lettered in gilt. The author was an American zoologist, specializing in ichthyology, and at the same time an expert in medieval and modern armor. He is the only person to have held concurrent positions at the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he was Honorary Curator of Arms and Armor. Orig. three quarter brown morocco and beige cloth. Fine. Item #24742
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