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Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press, New York and New Haven, CT, 2018
ISBN 10: 1588396223ISBN 13: 9781588396228
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 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. Size: 4to. Collectible.
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1999
ISBN 10: 0300081073ISBN 13: 9780300081077
Seller: Yes Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Mylar cover.