The Sun King's Garden Louis XlV Andre Le Notre and the Creation of the Gardens of Versailles by Ian Thompson 2006 Bloomsbury Press
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This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with dust jacket. 2006 Bloomsbury Press. This copy is still crisp and clean inside and out. The inside pages are crisp and clean. The binding is tight and straight. Brown hardcover boards under jacket are also near fine with barely a hint of shel wear and feature gold lettering along spine. The accompanying dust jacket is very good with only very light shelf wear. Super octavo book size or 7.5" x 10.5" with 370 pages including index. Color illustrated endpapers front and back.
The Sun King's Garden by Ian Thompson is subtitled Louis XlV, AndréLe Nôtre and The Creation of the Gardens of Versailles. In addition to being a warmonger and autocrat, Louis XlV may also have been history's most fanatical gardener. At Versailles, 12 miles outside of Paris, France's "Sun King" created not only Europe's most lavish palace, but, beginning in 1661, the most extensive gardens the Western World had seen. The current domain of Versailles now covers 1,890 acres but in its heyday under Louis, the Grand Parc covered 19,800 acres. This book lavish illustrations accompany the knowledgable and detailed text covering the history and grandeur of Versailles gardens.
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