CALLOWAY, STEPHEN; JONES, STEPHEN

Royal Style Five Centuries of Influence and Fashion

Boston, MA: Little Brown and Co, 1991. Hardcover. This book contains beautiful art and busts showingthe conspicuous trappings of the world's monarchies for five centuries. Great Britian, Sweden, France and Italy are among the medieval kings and queens who displayed their pageantry as a form of propaganda both in war and peace. As the young men of the fifteenth century grew to maturity and entered upon their inheritences they brought to their courts a new and gracious civilization. It is here that the book begins. ; B&W and Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages. Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 004682

Catalogue: History: : Fashion

Keywords: : : Social