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Additional authors

1. Benoit, Jérémie
2. Carlier, Yves
3. Lacaille, Frédéric
4. Maral, Alexandre
5. Delalex, Hélène

Description

1. 327 pages : color illustrations, maps, plans, portraits; 23 cm

Summary

1. "With more than three hundred pages, three hundred illustrations, and many plans and indexes, this book is an indispensable guide to understanding the Château of Versailles. It provides a detailed history of this fascinating Château and sets out—in the order of the itinerary—an exhaustive description of each room and its function: the State and Private Apartments, the Chapel, the Opera, the Château's History Galleries, the collections of paintings and sculptures in the Historical Museum, the Petit and Grand Trianon, and a comprehensive guide to the extensive park and its many groves"--

Uniform title

1. Versailles et Trianon. English

Alternative title

1. Versailles et Trianon.

Subject

1. Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon > Guidebooks
2. Château de Versailles (Versailles, France) > Guidebooks
3. Grand Trianon (Versailles, France) > Guidebooks
4. Petit Trianon (Versailles, France) > Guidebooks
5. Château de Versailles (Versailles, France)
6. Palaces
7. Parc de Versailles (Versailles, France) > Guidebooks
8. France > Versailles

Genre/Form

1. Guidebooks

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. On cover: The Official Guide.
2. Includes indexes.
3. First published in French as: Versailles et Trianon : guide du Musée et domaine national de Versailles et de Trianon. Paris : Réunion des musées nationaux, ©1990.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain