The Sun King's garden : Louis XIV, Andre? Le No?tre and the creation of the gardens of Versailles / Ian Thompson
London : Bloomsbury, 2006. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #329898
ISBN: 9780747576488
Physical description; xiii, 370 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-360) and index. Contents; The fateful party -- Born to garden -- The sun rises -- The unpromising site -- Geometry and earthworks -- First plans -- The new Rome -- Divertissements -- Pleasure works -- Zenith -- Total control -- Changes -- Waterworks -- The machine and the aqueduct -- Escape to Marly -- Honorable old age -- Hard times and sunset -- Influence. Subjects; Le No?tre, Andre? (1613-1700). Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715) Influence. Le No?tre, Andre? (1613-1700) Et Louis XIV. Louis XIV, roi de France (1638-1715) Influence. Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715). Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715) Influence. Le Nôtre, André (1613-1700). Versailles (Palace and gardens) (Versailles, France). Gardens, French History 17th century. Gardens France Versailles Design History 17th century. Gardens Design. Gardens, French. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.). Gardens France Versailles ; Designs and plans History 17th century. Gardens, French History 17th century. Gardens France Versailles Design History 17th century. Versailles (Yvelines) Cha?teau Jardins. Versailles (France). Parc de Versailles (Versailles, France). France. Horticulture. Le Nôtre, André, (1613-1700). Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715). Gardens France History. Gardens France Versailles Design 17th century. Science History. Parc de Versailles (Versailles, France). Genre; History.
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