EXREMELY RARE
c1542
Illustrated Color Martial Arts Book on CD-ROM
Over 1200 pages in both volumes including 750 amazing color
illustrations and full text of the book in Latin.
This is an INCREDIBLE electronic version
a c1542 illustrated book on European fighting techniques and weapons of the
time. This book and the hand colored pages are so
RARE that it is unlikely that you would ever
have the change to see one outside of a museum, this is the only copy of
this particual version of the two books, much less own one and be able to
examine it in such amazing detail. If you have even a passing interest in
antique books, this is one collection you will want to own.
These two volumes show very detailed use of a number of weapons that
were in use at the time including English long swords, spears, pikes and
various other edged and pointe weapons. They also show techniques of armored
knights both on and off horse back.
"Paulus Hector Mair (1517–1579) was an Augsburg civil servant,
and active in the martial arts of his time. He collected Fechtbücher
(German martial arts manuals) and undertook to compile all knowledge of the
art of fencing in a compendium surpassing all earlier books.
For this, he engaged the painter Jörg Breu the Younger, as
well as two experienced fencers, whom he charged with perfecting the techniques
before they were painted. The project was very costly, taking full four years,
and according to Mair, consumed most of his family's income and property.
Not only did Mair spend huge sums on his collections and on his
projects, he also had a very expensive lifestyle, frequently hosting receptions
for the more important burghers of Augsburg. His own income was not sufficient
for this, and during many years, he misappropriated funds from the city treasury,
with the supervision of which he had been entrusted since 1541. His embezzlements
were discovered in 1579, and Mair was hanged as a thief at the age of
62." From Wikipedia
These pages represent some of the most beautiful and historic manuscripts
from the Middle Ages ever produced.
If you are at all interested in the art and or military history of
the late Middle ages or just in seeing beautiful manuscripts or books you
will absolutely LOVE this CD.
System requirements:
Works on all versions of Windows as well as on Macs. The free Adobe
Acrobat reader (or a full copy of Acrobat) is required to view the PDF files
on the disk. This program is already on most comluter and is available free
if you don't already have it. The color illustrations are also included in
JPEG format.
This digital edition on CD-ROM shows every one of the more than
1200 pages (plus binding images) of this masterwork including over 750
hand colored illustrations.
The books are provied in two formats, the first are PDF files for
ease of viewing and the second is in simple JPEG format (color illustraions
only) for printing and graphics use.
If you want to see a sample of the images then you can click on any
of the links below. DEPENDING ON YOUR CONNECTION IT
COULD TAKE SOME TIME TO DOWNLOAD (if you have a dial-up connection),
so consider yourself warned.
FROM THE CD THE IMAGES LOAD MANY TIMES
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