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title: "Firearms: An Illustrative History"
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# Top-ranked firearm reference 7 centuries of gun history 600+ high-res firearm photos Firearms: An Illustrative History

**Price:** € 110.43
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## Summary

> 🔥 Unlock the legacy of firepower with every page! 📖

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- **What is this?** Firearms: An Illustrative History
- **How much does it cost?** € 110.43 with free shipping
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## Why This Product

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## Key Features

- • **Expert-Curated Content:** Authored by international firearms specialists, ensuring authoritative and engaging insights.
- • **Top-Ranked & Highly Rated:** Ranked #1 in Firearm Collecting and Military Encyclopedias with a 4.9-star rating from 1,495 enthusiasts.
- • **Visual Mastery of Firearms:** Over 600 stunning, detailed images capturing the evolution of guns from muskets to modern weaponry.
- • **Comprehensive Historical Scope:** Chronicles 700+ years of firearm innovation, highlighting pivotal moments and legendary gunmakers.
- • **Collector’s Coffee Table Essential:** A visually rich, high-quality book that doubles as a conversation-starting centerpiece.

## Overview

Firearms: An Illustrated History is a visually stunning, expert-curated guide showcasing over 600 firearms spanning 700 years of development. This top-ranked, highly rated volume offers detailed photography and authoritative narratives on iconic weapons and pivotal innovations, making it an indispensable resource for collectors, historians, and enthusiasts alike.

## Description

The definitive guide to the history of firearms. The beautifully photographed catalog tells the story of gun development in striking detail and features stunning close-ups of key weapons, from muskets, pistols, revolvers and rifles to shotguns, machine guns and modern machinery. Gun, weapon, and military enthusiasts will love the detail in this illustrated guide to guns. Here’s what’s inside: Feature pages capture pivotal moments in gun development that changed the nature of human conflict Double-page-spread articles describe the magic and mystique of the great gunmakers, including Colt, Mauser, Smith, and Wesson Photographic tours showcase the intricate details of key weapons, highlighting ingenious features and intricate craftsmanship Written by an international team of firearms experts, this fascinating collection features more than 600 weapons and charts the evolution of guns. For over seven centuries, guns have been used for hunting, sport and war. This comprehensive volume gives you access to the world’s greatest collections, gunsmiths, and defining gun and military history moments. Firearms: An Illustrated History highlights important moments in gun history from the Chinese discovery of gunpowder to "turning points" like the rifle, with its parallel spiral grooves that make bullets spin and fly straighter. It also showcases iconic firearms such as the Walther PPK self-loading pistol popularised in James Bond films. This fascinating visual account of firearms is an essential purchase for everyone interested in guns and weaponry.

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #19,042 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Military Encyclopedias #2 in Weaponsmithing #2 in Firearm Collecting |
| Customer Reviews | 4.9 out of 5 stars 1,500 Reviews |

## Images

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*Last updated: 2026-11-03*