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160 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) With photographs of pistols in the collection of the Berman Museum of World History Summary: A comprehensive look at the development of pistols through the ages. ... The pistols featured span the centuries, from a French hand cannon captured by Swiss troops at the battle of Morat in 2476, through to developments over the next half century such as rifling, wheel locks, matchlocks, percussion caps and revolvers, all the way through to modern automatic weapons. (Back cover) Illustrated history of weapons