Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944 · New York : Scribner · leaf 205
make a heavv lace-work on the soil; jets of water fall intoflat basins; then there are radiating alleys, with trees ranged on either side to amuse theeve without shutting outthe horizon. The engrav-ings of Perelle and IsraelSilvestre show us thekind of life for whichthese chateaux were de-signed;… … FIU. 3iiJ.— U>lll.l. IJh VlLLt, Al l.\X)NS. 182 THE EVOLUTION OF CLASSICAL ART greetings and conversing.It was for the receptionof visitors that M. deMaisons buiU the chateauon the banks of the Seinevs^hich bears his name,and that Fouquet erectedthe Chateau de Vaux;it was to make his re-ceptions…
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