BOURGEOIS, Emile. Le grand siècle - Louis XIV - Les arts - Les idées. 1896.
BOURGEOIS, Emile.
Le grand siècle - Louis XIV - Les arts - Les idées.
Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1896.
Folio (320x225 mm), frontispice, (2)-xvi-483-(1)-(4 bl.) pages et 22 planches hors texte. binding : In leaves, placed in decorated parchment paper, and cardboard folder (red cloth spine, lack of laces).
First edition. One of the only 10 copies on Japon paper.
Émile Bourgeois (1857-1934) was a French historian, lecturer at the École normale supérieure, then professor of history at the Sorbonne. He was a great specialist of the 17th century. This book deals with the "Great French Century", whichstands for the reign of the King of France Louis XIV.