Les Plaisirs de l'Arsenal: Poesie, Musique, Danse Et Erudition Au Xviie Et Au Xviiie Siecle

In the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the Arsenal of Paris was a site of sociability where Sully, Sebastien Le Camus and the Precieuses, the Duchess of Maine, and the Marquis de Paulmy were the main actors, combining by turns ballet, poetry, music, theater and erudition.