Samuel Colt : Arms, Art, and Invention / by Herbert G. Houze ; edited by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, with Essays and Entries by Carolyn C. Cooper and Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser

Langue : anglais

Edité par New Haven : Yale University Press ; Hartford, Conn. : Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 2006

0300111339 / 9780300111330

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Samuel Colt (1814–1862) first patented his Â"ColtÂ" revolver in 1835 and thereby redefined the architecture of handguns. This stunning book is the first to present in detail the evolution of his most famous invention and to document the unsurpassed Colt firearms collections held by the Wadsworth Atheneum. Colt designed his revolvers with an artistic sensibility––paying particular attention to form and beauty and juxtaposing colors and finishes to heighten the visual effects. He was also one of the first American manufacturers to secure celebrity endorsements and to commission paintings by renowned artists like George Catlin to promote his arms. ColtÂ’s standards for excellence, industrial foresight, and quest for market domination are explored in light of primary documents that reveal his constant battles to protect his patents. Essays discuss ColtÂ’s personal collection of historic firearms as well as the memorial collection of Colt-manufactured firearms, the relationship between art and commerce as they pertain to the inventorÂ’s career, and his international celebrity. Richly illustrated and beautifully produced, this volume presents the artistry of the firearms that Colt worked so diligently to perfect––as well as his promotional abilities that made a tremendous impact on American culture. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 260 pages; Description: ix, 260 p. : ill. (some col. ) ; 26 x 32 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-253) and index. Subjects: Colt, Samuel (1814-1862) --Colt firearms --Exhibitions 2 Kg.…

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Titre
Samuel Colt : Arms, Art, and Invention / by Herbert G. Houze ; edited by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, with Essays and Entries by Carolyn C. Cooper and Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser
Auteur
Houze, Herbert G.
Éditeur
New Haven : Yale University Press ; Hartford, Conn. : Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Année de publication
2006
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Couverture rigide
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anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0300111339
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780300111330
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First Edition.
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2 kilogrammes

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Asia and Asian Colonial History, Travel and Exploration, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Political Economy, Labour History and Literature, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Social History

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