The Sun King: Louis XIV at Versailles by MITFORD, Nancy - 1966

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. A biography of France's Louis XIV by Nancy Mitford, the English novelist and biographer. Louis XIV was known as the Sun King, and his decades-long project of converting a family hunting lodge at Versailles into "the grandest palace in Europe" was his crowning achievement. This work tells the story of the building of Versailles palace and of the life of Louis, including his love affairs. With 56 full color plates and 131 black & white illustrations. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with cover sunburst decoration and spine titling, both in gilt. Dust jacket repeats the sunburst decoration to front & rear panels. --- With sticker removal evidence to front paste-down, else a tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with plenty of small tears, slightly sunned spine but overall intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 255 pages .