Howard M Curtis
Auteur van 2,500 years of European helmets, 800 B.C.-1700 A.D
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The book is basically an illustrated guide to European helmets from the Dark Ages through the Renaissance. I did not count, but I believe there are upward of 100 helmets within. Each helmet gets it's own page and captioning stating the relevant facts about it. I own a few books on armour and armour collections and have seen many, many helmets but I probably had not seen 70% of the ones in this book.
Some of the photographs are of poor quality (the book was put together back in the mid 70s) and only a handful are in color. But some helmets do get different views to lend the reader a better picture of the complete piece.
This book is an excellent piece for the collector or enthusiast. It illustrates helmets from collections all over the world, both public and private. It was definitely worth the money to me.… (meer)