THE GOLDEN AGE OF PRINCES,

G P Putnam's Sons, New York 1969 hardcover, 7¾" x 10", with dust jacket Jacket top has short repaired tears (near spine). VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket In Baroque Europe the Prince was virtually a god. Court life was centred on the cult of the ruler, whether he held the reins of power over all Europe, or was a petty princeling of some minor duchy. Yet these gods had to live out the lives of ordinary men, with their pleasures and pastimes, all of which had to be performed with due ritual and with the court as witness. The arts of the period are here used with a wealth of colour to help bring into focus the lives of the European princes at their courts. Thirty-two colour illustrations, and 160 in black & white. As packed book weighs 1¼kgs (3lbs), slightly-higher-than-usual shipping costs may apply (email us your location, we'll quote first).