The Fabrication of Louis XIV
by Peter Burke
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0300051530
- ISBN 13
- 9780300051537
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$42.48NZ$33.99
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About This Item
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1992 Book. Very Good. Blue Cloth Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Account of the contemporary representations of the French monarch Louis XIV and how they constructed the image of the K ing over the course of his 70 year reign. 242pp with index and 88 black and white illustrations. Gilt lettering to spine. From the collection of art historian Ingrid Roscoe, whose name appears on the endpaper. Mark to top of page edges, otherwise very good copy. Unclipped DJ has some fading to spine, otherwise very good..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015786
- Title
- The Fabrication of Louis XIV
- Author
- Peter Burke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0300051530
- ISBN 13
- 9780300051537
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven and London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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