The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Swords and Sabres (Chinese Edition)

This book is a definitive guide of differentiating and analyzing the history, characteristics and appearance design of 400 Swords and Sabres in the world. It is edited by top ancient sword experts and includes more than 800 exquisite color photographs and art paintings. The main characteristics of every sword like the year of manufacture, place of use, length and so on are recorded in detail according to different times and regions. The strongest fighting equipments in human history including the heavy equipment infantry of ancient Greek, Roman gladiator and samurai in Japan are showed in this book.