France Under Louis XIV (La Grand Siècle) Its Arts - Its Ideas
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. First American Edition. First English-language Edition. Folio, xvi, xxviii, 470 pages, publisher's original gilt-decorated red cloth covered boards. All edges gilt. Profusely illustrated throughout in black-and-white. France Under Louis XIV (Le Grand Siècle): Its Arts and Ideas is an illustrated study of 17th-century France during the reign of Louis XIV, the celebrated “Sun King.” Rather than serving only as a political history, the book explores the artistic, literary, architectural, intellectual, and social life of France at the height of its cultural power. It examines the age of Versailles, royal patronage, French classicism, court culture, absolutism, and the major writers, artists, architects, and thinkers who helped define the Grand Siècle. Rich in historical and cultural detail, the work offers a valuable portrait of the world of Molière, Racine, La Fontaine, Bossuet, Mansart, Le Brun, and the broader civilization that made Louis XIV’s France a model of European taste, grandeur, and refinement. Some rubbing, wear, and soiling to the cloth. Occasional light scattered foxing, previous owner's inscription, else in good + condition. Item #407
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