Author: Bénard, Robert (1734-1777) (artist)
Title: Arquebusier [Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery Making ]Engravings from Denis Diderot and Jean Baptiste le Rond D'Alembert: Encyclopédie, Ou Dictionnaire Raisonné Des Sciences, Des Arts Et Des Métiers
Description: Paris: Chez Briasson, David & Le Breton, 1762-1767. 39.5 x 25.5 cm. 6 plates (one double) numbered I-VI and 3 pages of letterpress descriptions. The arquebus (/???rk?b?s/ ARK-?-bus or /???rkw?b?s/ AR-kw?-bus) (sometimes spelled harquebus, harkbus or hackbut; Italian Archibugio, Dutch haakbus, meaning "hook gun", or "hook tube") is an early muzzle-loaded firearm used in the 15th to 17th centuries. .

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