A suit of armour for youth

Stacey Grimaldi, Rudolph Ackermann, B. L. Wright

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A suit of armour for youth

1824
ArmorConduct of lifeWeapons

"A handbook of moral precepts in the form of an allegorical description of knightly armour ... [Eleven] engravings [by Cosmo Armstrong and B.L. Wright] of different pieces of equipment ... may be folded up to ... uncover a depiction of the ideal character trait the piece symbolises ... The plates are accompanied by a text that is inspirational but imparts much historical information." Note of bookseller, E.P. Schmidt, laid in.

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