Publisher's description and back cover:
Skillfully reproduced from a rare 19th-century masterpiece, this collection features 181 hand-colored engravings of medieval knights, their diverse range of weapons, and their splendid regalia. Vivid, authentic renderings depict the elaborately decorated equipment of warfare and jousting, including lances, spears, mobile siege towers, muskets and spiked clubs, in addition to armor, helmets, and shields.
Dover original selection from The History of Chivalry and Ancient Armour, Willis and Sotheran, London, 1857.