Williams, Leonard, b. 1871 · London [etc.] : T.N. Foulis · leaf 398
his 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… … OLD SWORD (Krroiiet the Mai,/ais i I ARMS The modern 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 elsewhere. Toledoworthily maintains to-day her…
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