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1 - TITRE : Louis the Fourteenth. And the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century.
AUTEUR : PARDOE (Julia).
Publié à : London, Richard Bentley, 1886;
Commentaire : Ex-libris Park Benjamin. Half leather binding, spine gilt. Scratch on the leather. Louis XIV (5 septembre 1638- 1 septembre 1715. Five years old when he became king, his mother Anne of Austria, was made regent until 1651 when he was thirteen. Much glory in the war with Spain, but internally France was in the throes of a civil war. Anne"s conduct of the regency and the supremacy of her agent, the Cardinal, were forced to flee the capital, and Spanish armies streamed into France from Holland. War ensued between England and Holland and Louis joined with Holland, eventually losing at sea and ending with the Peace of Breda in 1667. Louis took the blame. He ruled to the end of his life, instituting many reforms. He negotiated reparations for France and its ambassadors. He still desired military glory and after a successful campaign in Holland, ending with the Treaty of Nimeguen in 1678. He was acknowledged as the leading sovereign in Europe, with the best army, and led Europe in art, science, letters, trade and industry. He built Verssailles at a cost of 150,000,000 francs. In 1685 he revoked the Edict of Nantes, and thus brought on war with Holland, Spain and England, eventually losing to Marlborough, but the French were saved from dismemberment through the boldness and vigor of Louis. But his many mistresses made his court a by-word of scandal. But the legacy of Louis le Grand was made by the great soldier, sailors, literati, artists, scientists and architects who were his contemporaries. His reign was styled as the Golden Age of France
Format : 3 volumes in-8, xvii-(3)-491, xii-(4)-487, xi-(5)-495 pp., 18 gravures sur acier hors-texte, 51 vignettes sur bois dans le texte, demi-basane blonde à coins, dos à cinq nerfs richement décorés de filets, fleurons et fleurs de lys dorés, tranches marbrées. (éraflures sur le cuir, petit accroc sans manque à une coiffe)
Prix : 100
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