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Discours sur les arcs triomphaux dressés en la ville d'Aix, : a l'heureuse arrivée de Monseigneur le duc de Bourgogne, & de Monseigneur le duc de Berry

Gallaup de Chasteuil, François de, 1588-1644, Cundier, Jean Claude, b. ca. 1650 · 1701 · À Aix : Chez Jean Adibert ... · 15 pictures

A 1701 account, printed by Jean Adibert at Aix, of the triumphal arches raised for the visits of the ducs de Bourgogne and de Berry, written by François de Gallaup de Chasteuil with plates by Jean Claude Cundier for a local and courtly readership. The woodcut headpieces and initials carry acanthus scrollwork, crowned fleur-de-lis cartouches, reclining winged figures and foliate letters with grotesque masks, alongside engraved arch elevations useful as ready-made ornament strips, frames and display capitals.

Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Dauphin of France, 1682-1712 · Berry, Charles, duc de, 1686-1714 · Architecture · Architecture, Baroque · Triumphal arches

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