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This is a great “field guide” for East and Southeast Asia swords, probably the best (and possibly only one) ever written with text in Portuguese and English. Sell’s for $300 (if you can find one). Gang Tie Wen Ming: Dong Ya Gu Bing Qi = Historia Do Aco Na Asia Oriental : Uma Visao Do Desenvolvimento Da Armaria = History Of Steel In East Asia : A View On the Development Of Weaponry Macau: Macau Art Museum, 2007. An important monograph and catalogue of the use of steel in early East- and Southeast Asia, this spectacular volume surveys the development of weaponry in Asia, beginning with Chinese stone, jade and bronze weapons. The primary focus of the work, though, is on the evolution of steel as the material of choice in production of fine weaponry in Asia. To that end the catalogue surveys the use of this material in China, Korea, Japan, the Philippines (particularly the kris) and mainland SE Asia (Thailand, Burma). Some of the finest examples of each genre are illustrated and described, making this volume an indispensable reference. with scholarly essays on Chinese weapons of the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, the evolution in China from bronze to iron, the history and characteristics of Korean swords, Japanese sword history and technology, Japanese sword mountings, the 'sandata' of the Philippines and the swords of continental Southeast Asia. Trilingual English, Portuguese, Chinese. Printing limited to 800 copies. 510 pp., over 350 col. plates, chronology of the development of the Japanese sword, map. *** PLEASE NOTE - THIS VOLUME IS HEAVY AND WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE. ***. First Edition. Hard bound. New/New. 36 x 27 cm.. ISBN-13: 9789993759096 ISBN-10: 9993759090 Authors: Museu de Arte de Macau; Haoxing Chen Binding: Book Publisher: Aomen Yi Shu Bo Wu Guan Published: 2007