LOUIS XV, The Monarchy in Decline,
by G P Gooch
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Previous owner's name to front endpaper; pencil underlining to pps.13, 92, 93. Book in VERY GOOD condition
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Longmans, Green and Co, Clifford Street, London - second impression 1956 hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", lacking dust jacket. Previous owner's name to front endpaper; pencil underlining to pps.13, 92, 93. Book in VERY GOOD condition Includes illustrated frontispiece (portrait of Louis XV by F H Drouais) and two other plates (Mde de Pompadour, and Mde du Barry). This is an inspired portrayal of the French monarchy. Dr Gooch provides a clear, colourful and detailed picture of the Versailles background to the life of the King and the decline of the Monarchy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40808
- Title
- LOUIS XV, The Monarchy in Decline,
- Author
- G P Gooch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", lacking dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Previous owner's name to front endpaper; pencil underlining to pps.13, 92, 93. Book in VERY GOOD condition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co, Clifford Street, London - second impression
- Date Published
- 1956
- Pages
- 286 pages
- Keywords
- Biography Louis XV France Versailles Cardinal Fleury Madame de Pompadour Madame du Barry French Royal family
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Pegasus Book Orphanage
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McCrae, Victoria
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