Madame De Pompadour.
Mitford, Nancy.
Place Published: New York:
Publisher: Harper & Row,
Date Published: 1968.
Description: 304 pages including Index, Illustrations, and Sources with over half of the book pages showing black-white and color photographs. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE with slightly cocked spine. The jacket is NEAR FINE with crimping on the spine ends. JMVINTAGE specializes in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor....and other curious people. Dust Jacket Reads: ' High rouged, unfortunate female,' said Carlyle of Madame de Pompadour, 'of whom it is not proper to speak with out necessrty'. Happily Nancy Mitford considers itnecessary to speak about Louis XV's mistress in detail. After the gloomy declining years of Louise XIV's reign, the new century started with a breath of fresh air. A young and handsome King, Louis le Bien Aime', after making a proper dynastic marriage and working his way through several court beaties, settled down for twenty eventful years with the pretty, intelligent and kind-hearted bourgeoise whom he created Marquise de Pompadour. Together they maintained the position of France as the artistic and intellectual center of Europe. To them we owe the exquisite Louise Quinze style in decoration and furniture, painting and objets d'art. They led a society whose partied and fetes champetres coexisted easily with the intellectual ardor of the philosophes who were bringing to birth the Age of Reason.
Binding: Hard CoverCondition: Near Fine in Near Fine dj
Book Id: 1253
Price: $17.50
