DescriptionPortable fire-arms of olden time - Early flintlock pistol.png
English: Sketch of a very early flintlock pistol, of German manufacture, circa 1640. Adapted from John Hewitt's Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe (1855). Published as illustration to the article "Portable fire-arms of the olden time" in Once a Week magazine.
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