Royal Collections: From Versailles to Paris

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CHARLES (Jacques)(dir.). De Versailles à Paris : le destin des collections royales. Paris, Centre culturel du Panthéon, Mairie du Ve arrondissement, 1989, quarto, 288 pp., 258 black and white illustrations in text and full page and 44 color plates, bibliography, publisher cloth binding with illustrated dust jacket. Work published on the occasion of the sumptuous exhibition at the Centre culturel du Panthéon, which brought together at the Mairie of the 5th arrondissement of Paris outstanding objects and furniture sold or nationalized during the Revolutionary period; not all came from Versailles despite the title, but many could have been known to Saint-Simon at the King's court or those of the princes. Contents: 1. History of the Crown collections until the Revolution; 2. Crown collections facing the Revolution; 3. The fate of royal collections after the Revolution; 4. Scientific notes on the exhibited works. Fine copy.