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History of Ancient Art

Reber, Franz von, 1834-1919; Clarke, Joseph Thacher, -1920 [Translator]· 2 chapters· 64,867 words

probably exceeded by far the ordinary ornamentation of heroic arms; but it does not, on this account, give less reliable information concerning the general form and nature of prehistoric armor. Five layers of metal were superimposed,--two of bronze, two of tin, perhaps alterna...

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probably exceeded by far the ordinary ornamentation of heroic arms; but it does not, on this account, give less reliable information concerning the general form and nature of pr...

2. Book I. History of Japan, from 660 B.C. to 1872 A.D.--Book II. Personal

Experiences, Observations, and Studies in Japan, 1870-1874. By WM. ELLIOT GRIFFIS, A.M., late of the Imperial University of Tōkiō, Japan. Fifth Edition, revised. Copiously Illus...