European Civil and Military Clothing

European Civil and Military ClothingA wealthy Anglo Italian connoisseur devoted to the nineteenth century struggle for Italian unification, Frederick Stibbert amassed an extensive collection of arms, armor, and costume which today can be found in the Tuscan museum bearing his name. During the years in which he built up the museum's collection, he examined countless illuminated manuscripts, ancient documents, frescoes, paintings, and other records of armor and dress. The illustrations in

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