Williams, Leonard, b. 1871 · London : T.N. Foulis · leaf 400
is once famous manufacturehad been neglected, and in a manner lost, but itis now reviving. Laborde endorsed these praises subsequently :* Within a few years the fabrication of swordshas been resumed at Toledo ; the place allotted tothis object is a handsome edifice, a quarter of aleague distant… … 266 OLD SWOKD {Erroniously atlributai to the Cid. Collectionnf t/te Matquis of Fakes) ARMS The modem small-arms factory of Toledo,situated on the right bank of the Tagus, a milefrom the city walls, had, in fact, been opened in1783, when the same industry was also revivingat Vitoria, Barcelona, and…
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