Visitors to Versailles : from Louis XIV to the French Revolution /

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Imprint:New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2018]
New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press
Description:xxi, 369 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11538196
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Other authors / contributors:Kisluk-Grosheide, Daniëlle O., editor.
Rondot, Bertrand, editor.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), issuing body, host institution.
ISBN:9781588396228
1588396223
Notes:"This catalogue is published in conjunction with "Visitors to Versailles," on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from April 16 through July 29, 2018."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: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.