Hartmans' Dutch Gunmakers From The 15th To The 20th Century (Hardback)

Hartmans' Dutch Gunmakers is a unique and indispensable reference book on gunmakers from the Netherlands from 1500 to the present. It contains authoritative articles on famous Dutch gunmakers, a survey of about 1350 gunmakers and factories, arranged per city and an extensive chapter on markings on Dutch firearms. In addition, this book contains a list of Amsterdam swordcutlers.About the AuthorGuus de Vries is a historian, specialising in the field of firearms. Thus far, he has written fifteen books on firearms history, mostly together with Bas Martens, and numerous articles for magazines in Belgium, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Russia, the United Kingdom and the U.S.A.