Boughton House: The English Versailles
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1992. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth, gilt letters on spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 240 pp., BW & color illus. VG- (DJ and page margins are tanning lightly; text and illus. are clear.). Item #150918
ISBN: 0571163386
A collection of 18 thematic and illustrated essays and four appendices about this edifice. "Boughton House [in Northamptonshire] is one of the great houses of England. And yet it is still unfamiliar to many people. With generous encouragement from the Duke of Buccleuch, Tessa Murdoch has brought to fruition this sumptuous tribute to the house, its treasures and its colourful history. Twenty-one leading experts have written contributions on different aspects of the house and its collections and the book will enable us for the first time to appreciate to the full its incomparable riches and its very individual qualities." (dj).
Price: $110.00