Hardback. xxiv,246pp. Biography of King Louis XIV of France. Bound in handsomely decorated blue cloth blocked with a design by Neil Gower in gilt and white. Introduction by Roy Strong. Colour illustrated frontis/title page and many colour illustrations throughout. Genealogy. Pale gold coloured slipcase. Very clean bright and neat in a slipcase that is clean and sound. Slipcase has a few scratches.