Mario Abbiatico — Modern Firearm Engravings

Not Stated, Edizioni Artistiche Italiane, 1980. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated study of firearm engravings from Italian engraver Mario Abbiatico. Second edition. With author's blind stamp to the title page. Illustrated throughout with over four hundred black-and-white figures and over sixty in colour. Covering a lack in the sporting arms literature, this work explores the systematic and technical engraving of modern firearms, introducing the reader to a world of techniques, styles, and tools. Written by Mario Abbiatico, an Italian engraver and the son of a gun craftsman from Valtrompia, a small village famous for its characteristic production of firearms. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light wear and sunning to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. With author's blind stamp to the title page. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.