In tribute to Madame de Pompadour and the court of Louis XV
By: Paul Lincoln
Contributors: Coracle Press; Kettle’s Yard Gallery
Publisher: Coracle Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Artists' books; Specimens; Anecdotes; Court and courtiers; History; Snails; Humor
Notes: Description of the court of Louis XV reconstructed as a machine inhabited by snails (courtiers) and bees (workers and organizers of financial resources).

"An edition of 500 copies published at the time of Paul Lincoln's residency at Coracle Press at Kettles Yard. During June he rebuilt and modified the mechanism of the court, which functioned through the month of July"--Colophon.