Princeton University Library Chronicle

The exhibition "Versailles on Paper" is accompanied by a special double issue of the Princeton University Library Chronicle (volume LXXVI, numbers 1 & 2, autumn 2014–winter 2015).

It contains the articles below. Click on each title for an abstract, or click here for an index of names and subjects.

• Audrey Adamczak, "Engraving Sculpture: Depictions of Versailles Statuary in the Cabinet du Roi"

• Hall Bjørnstad, "From the Cabinet of Fairies to the Cabinet of the King: The Marvelous Workings of Absolutism"

• Benoît Bolduc, "Fêtes on Paper: Graphic Representations of Louis XIV’s Festivals at Versailles"

• Thomas F. Hedin, "Facts, Sermons, and Riddles: The Curious Guidebook of Sieur Combes"

• Betsy Rosasco, "The Herms of Versailles in the 1680s"

• Volker Schröder, "Royal Prints for Princeton College: A Franco-American Exchange in 1886"

• Alan M. Stahl, "The Classical Program of the Medallic Series of Louis XIV"

• Carolyn Yerkes, "The Grand Escalier at the Château de Versailles: The Monumental Staircase and Its Edges"
   

Select Bibliography on Louis XIV, Versailles, and French Printmaking

Books in English

André Le Nôtre in Perspective. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013.

Beik, William. Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents. Boston: Bedford, 2000.

Berger, Robert W. Versailles: the Château of Louis XIV. University Park: Penn State University Press, 1985.

–––. In the Garden of the Sun King. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 1985.

––– and Thomas F. Hedin. Diplomatic Tours in the Gardens of Versailles under Louis XIV. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.

Blunt, Anthony. Art and Architecture in France, 1500–1700. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999.

Burke, Peter. The Fabrication of Louis XIV. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992.

Constans, Claire. Versailles: Absolutism and Harmony. New York: Vendome Press, 1998.

DeJean, Joan. The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafés, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour. New York: Free Press, 2005.

Dunlop, Ian. Louis XIV. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Fraser, Antonia. Love and Louis XIV: the Women in the Life of the Sun King. London: Weidenfeld &  Nicolson, 2006.

Goldstein, Carl. Print Culture in Early Modern France: Abraham Bosse and the Purposes of Print. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Goldstein, Claire. Vaux and Versailles: The Appropriations, Erasures, and Accidents That Made Modern France. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.

The Hall of Mirrors: History and Restoration. Dijon: Faton, 2007.

Hyde, Elizabeth. Cultivated Power: Flowers, Culture, and Politics in the Reign of Louis XIV. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.

A Kingdom of Images: French Prints in the Age of Louis XIV. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2015.

Lablaude, Pierre-André. The Gardens of Versailles. Paris: Scala, 2005.

Marchesano, Louis and Christian Michel. Printing the Grand Manner: Monumental Prints in the Age of Louis XIV. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2010.

Mukerji, Chandra. Territorial Ambitions and the Gardens of Versailles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Norberg, Kathryn and Sandra Rosenbaum. Fashion Prints in the Age of Louis XIV: Interpreting the Art of Elegance. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2014.

Pérouse de Montclos, Jean-Marie. Versailles. New York: Abbeville Press, 1991.

Pincas, Stéphane. Versailles: The History of the Gardens and Their Sculpture. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996.

Renaux, Alain. Louis XIV's Botanical Engravings. Aldershot: Lund Humphries, 2008.

Spawforth, Tony. Versailles: A Biography of a Palace. New York: St.  Martin's Press, 2008.

Thompson, Ian H. The Sun King's Garden: Louis XIV, André Le Nôtre and the Creation of the Gardens of Versailles. London: Bloomsbury, 2006.

Walton, Guy. Louis XIV's Versailles. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.

Zega, Andrew and Bernd H. Dams. Palaces of the Sun King: Versailles, Trianon, Marly. New York: Rizzoli, 2002.

Books in French

Adamczak, Audrey. Robert Nanteuil, ca. 1623–1678. Paris: Arthéna, 2011.

Beaussant, Philippe. Plaisirs de Versailles: théâtre et musique. Paris: Fayard, 1996.

Castelluccio, Stéphane. Marly: art de vivre et pouvoir de Louis XIV à Louis XVI. Montreuil: Gourcuff, 2014.

Da Vinha, Mathieu. Le Versailles de Louis XIV: fonctionnement d'une résidence royale au XVIIe siècle. Paris: Perrin, 2009.

L'Estampe au Grand Siècle: études offertes à Maxime Préaud. Paris: Ecole des Chartes Editions, 2010.

Gady, Alexandre. Versailles: la fabrique d'un chef-d'œuvre. Paris: Passage, 2011.

Jeanneret, Michel. Versailles, ordre et chaos. Paris: Gallimard, 2012.

Le Labyrinthe de Versailles: du mythe au jeu. Paris: Magellan & Cie, 2013.

Louis XIV, l'homme et le roi. Paris: Skira Flammarion, 2009.

Maral, Alexandre. Le Versailles de Louis XIV: un palais pour la sculpture. Dijon: Faton, 2013.

Préaud, Maxime. Les Effets du soleil: almanachs du règne de Louis XIV. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1994.

Sabatier, Gérard. Versailles, ou la figure du roi. Paris: Albin Michel, 1999.

Sarmant, Thierry. Louis XIV: homme et roi. Paris: Tallandier, 2012.

Saule, Béatrix. Versailles triomphant: une journée de Louis XIV. Paris: Flammarion, 1996.

Solnon, Jean-François. Histoire de Versailles. Paris: Perrin, 2003.

Tiberghien, Frédéric. Versailles, le chantier de Louis XIV: 1662–1715. Paris: Perrin, 2002.

Ziegler, Hendrik. Louis XIV et ses ennemis: image, propagande et contestation. Paris: Presses Universitaires de Vincennes, 2013.