Hourticq, Louis, 1875-1944 · New York : Scribner · leaf 262
tory of France:it v^as responsible, perhaps, for an outbreak of libertinage; but thebrilliant fantasy of French painters found expression before this.The work of Watleau, the most perfect manifestation of theRegency spirit, was almost hnished when Louis XIV died. Fora long lime, ever since the… … During those very years.which weighed so heavilyon the Court, the nervousvivacity of the eighteenthcentury had aheady takenpossession of the soul of thecity. In the middle of theseventeenth century, Parisalready had a considerablenumber of collectors of pic-tures and precious objects.These…
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