Brother to the Sun King

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989. Hardcover small quarto with gilt title and patterns in purple DJ. xvi, 317 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations; 24 cm Fine. Pages clean and binding tight. DJ also fine. . Hardcover. ISBN: 080183791X

"In battle he fought with legendary valor... At court, dressed in silks and ribbons, he openly favored his male lovers... Despised but feared by his brother, he was the perpetual loser in a lifelong sibling rivalry..." - Back cover. Princes -- France -- Biography. Louis XIV, King of France.