Historical Books about Weapons, Architectures and other different things

[Etrelley]

Hello!

I'm new here, so I hope I'm doing this correctly.

I'm searching good historical books about a bunch of subjects, namely: Weapons, Armor or Uniforms, Jewelry, Architecture, Furniture, Clothing, that kind of things.
And from all over the world! Any country and era, but not about modern things.
It have to be an images and text kind of book, not just text nor just images with 2 lines of text.
It can be in English or French.

I'm thinking of things like this:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

or this:
Enclos Paroissiaux l'Héritage des Siecles d'Or
(Couldn't find it on goodreads. Then again, I doubt it's even been translated in english, even if it's a really good book)

or even this:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

[...cats?]

Worn: A People's History of Clothing

[Pamela]

I strongly recommend At Home by Bill Bryson At Home: A Short History of Private Life

[Etrelley]

Hi! Thank you both, but the problem is these books are almost entirely composed of text.
And I love a good and long novel, but that's not I'm looking for right now ^^
As I said I'm searching for an "images and text" kind of book, not just text.

That kind of things: https://www.mullenbooks.com/pictures/...

[Pamela]

Sorry. I can also recommend this book, which seems to be closer to what you're asking for. It has lots of text, but plenty of images as well. At Home: The American Family 1750-1870, by Elisabeth Donaghy Garrett. At Home: The American Family 1750-1870

[Etrelley]

Yes, that's the kind of books I'm looking for! Thanks :D

[Pamela]

You're welcome.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

The English Country House: A Grand Tour
The English Country House in Perspective
Country House Garden: A Grand Tour

[Capn]

Castle
Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction
Rome Antics
(there are many by David Macaulay!)

Filippo's Dome (quite hard to come by, sadly. I want a copy myself!)

[Capn]

The Book of the Crossbow: With an Additional Section on Catapults and Other Siege Engines

(and just in case you're interested, medievalkits DOT com has some really fun desktop siege weapons you can construct. I have 2 - can recommend!)

[Gillian]

Libraries with a foreword by Bjarne Hammer.

Also, I think the type of large book with both images and text that you're thinking about is sometimes called a coffee table book. You might like this list: Best Coffee Table Books.

[Etrelley]

Hi! Thanks for all your answers :)

[Capn]

Found a great one! The American Boy's Handy Book: What to Do and How to Do It

Check out this answer:
"I realize many see this book as dangerous for kids. But I thoroughly enjoyed some of the different weapons and traps as a young child. Most of the weapons, elder gun, whip bow and such were quite successful. The traps were not as much. But I was smart enough not too do dumb things with what I made, and in the end I learned a ton about physics and later in life set out too be a mechanical engineer, I believe because of the inspiration of books like this."