The Fate of Royal Collections

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Jacques CHARLES (ed.). De Versailles à Paris : le destin des collections royales. Paris, Centre culturel du Panthéon, V arrondissement town hall, 1989, 4to, 288 pp., 258 black and white illustrations in the text and full page, and on 44 color plates, bibliography, publisher's cloth binding, illustrated dust jacket. This work was published for the luxurious exhibition at the Centre culturel du Panthéon, which gathered notable objects and furniture sold or nationalized during the revolutionary period; not all originated from Versailles despite the title, but many were known to Saint-Simon at the court. Contents: 1. History of the crown's collections until the Revolution; 2. The crown's collections in the face of the Revolution; 3. The fate of royal collections after the Revolution; 4. Scientific notices on the exhibited works. A beautiful copy.