Buckinghamshire, UK: Rothschild Waddesdon Ltd, Date: 1998. Softcover. VG. Blue & color illus. wraps, French flaps, 80 pp., many color illus. "Waddesdon Manor is unexpected: a sixteenth-century French chateau built at the end of the nineteenth century, surrounded by formal gardens, hidden in the heart of the English countryside. It was created by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, an inspired collector, between 1875 and 1898. Today Waddesdon Manor is renowned as the home of one of the finest collections of eighteenth century French decorative art in the world. In Great Britain it is comparable with the Royal Collection and the Wallace Collection. [This book] introduces us to the history of Waddesdon Manor and those members of the Rothschild family who were and are involved in this building and preservation." (flap) Showcases the interior and exterior, as well as the lives of the people who lived there. 1998. Rothschild Waddesdon Ltd ISBN 0952780925 US

ISBN10: 0952780925, ISBN13: 9780952780922, [publisher: Rothschild Waddesdon Ltd, Buckinghamshire, UK] Softcover Blue & color illus. wraps, French flaps, 80 pp., many color illus. "Waddesdon Manor is unexpected: a sixteenth-century French chateau built at the end of the nineteenth century, surrounded by formal gardens, hidden in the heart of the English countryside. It was created by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, an inspired collector, between 1875 and 1898. Today Waddesdon Manor is renowned as the home of one of the finest collections of eighteenth century French decorative art in the world. In Great Britain it is comparable with the Royal Collection and the Wallace Collection. [This book] introduces us to the history of Waddesdon Manor and those members of the Rothschild family who were and are involved in this building and preservation." (flap) Showcases the interior and exterior, as well as the lives of the people who lived there.
[Marietta, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]
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