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Versailles Almanac for the year 1789
Almanach de Versailles, année 1789
1789
published by Blaizot, Versailles
book: letterpress, gold embossed leather cover,
stitched binding
Fondation Napoléon, Paris
Donation Lapeyre inv. B5306
Conceived as a tourist guide to the complex
of royal properties around Versailles,
the Almanach de Versailles supplied a
systematic description of their contents
and listed their occupants and titled or
paid dependants. The 1789 edition offers
a dazzling glimpse into the tapestried
and panelled interiors and sculpture-filled
grounds, as well as listing the teams of
architects, fine metal workers, sculptors,
painters and other master craftsmen that
each property supported. It is a volume that
marks the end of an age.
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