Visitors to Versailles: From Louis XIV to the French Revolution
by Kisluk-Grosheide, Danielle, and Rondot, Bertrand (Edited by)
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- ISBN 13
- 9781588396228
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New York and New Haven, CT: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2018. Cloth, xxi, 369 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published in conjunction with "Visitors to Versailles," on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from April 16 through July 29, 2018. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Based on contemporary documents and works of art, the book explores the experiences of visitors to the palace and grounds of Versailles when it was the seat of the French monarchy, methods of transportation, codes of dress and etiquette, precious diplomatic gifts, royal audiences, and tours of the buildings and gardens." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Introduction; Incomparable Versailles, by Danie lle Kisluk-Grosheide and Bertrand Rondot; Going to Versailles, by Mathieu da Vinha; Exchanging Looks: Codes of Dress at Versailles, by Pascale Gorguet-Ballesteros, by Magnificent Display: European Ambassadorial Visitors, by Helen Jacobsen; Special Embassies and Overseas Visitors, by Meredith Martin; "Pres ents du Roy": Official Gifts from the French Court, by Corinne The paut-Cabasset; Incognito in Versailles: Or, How Not to Travel as a King, by Volker Barth; Grand Tourists: Noble Visitors to the Court of the French King, by Jean Boutier; Visitors' Guidebooks and Engravings, by Elisabeth Maisonnier; The Americans, by Paul Staiti; Notes to the Essays; Works in the Exhibition.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.
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- Title
- Visitors to Versailles: From Louis XIV to the French Revolution
- Author
- Kisluk-Grosheide, Danielle, and Rondot, Bertrand (Edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 1588396223
- ISBN 13
- 9781588396228
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York and New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 2018
- Size
- 4to
- Keywords
- Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; European / 6. Neo-Classical & Romantic; European / French; European / 5. Baroque & Rococo;
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