Daily Life at Versailles in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Levron, Jacques

Edité par George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London, 1968

A propos de cet article

Cloth, 239 pages, 16 plates, illustrations, portraits; 23 cm. Translation of La vie quotidienne la cour de Versailles. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket toned. *** CONTENTS:The Valois court: Henri IV's reign; Louis XIII and Versailles; Versailles: the background of Louis XIV's reign; The king's day; Pleasures and pastimes (Hunting, billiards, cards, concerts, plays, walks, visits, ceremonies, births, deaths, marriages); The daily life of a courtier; Useful people (The guards, the provost of the household, the pages, the kitchen, the town in the service of the palace); Fashion and food; The deserted palace; The court of Louis XV; Pleasant and unpleasant aspects; The reign of the Marquise; The king is bored (the queen's death, Jeanne du Barry, the dauphin's wedding); The decline of etiquette; The twilight. Size: 8vo.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Daily Life at Versailles in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
• Éditeur: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London
• Date de parution: 1968
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st.
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • A BARGAIN BASEMENT
  • European::5. Baroque & Rococo
  • European::French
  • Architecture::Palaces & Stately Homes