Nixon, Mima, illustrator, Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London: A. & C. Black, Ltd. · leaf 227
laws,the vast pile continued to develop. Louis XValtered the interior to suit new ideas of con-venience, and the Salle de IOpera (whose roofshows above the north wing in the illustration)was inaugurated at the marriage of Marie-Antoinette and stood ready for the last stirringscene of the drama of… … The North Wing of the Palace, fromTHE Parterre dEau, Versailles FRANCE The Parterre de Latone^ Versailles T T has been said that in the vicinity of palaces•■• water should be confined in marble, and treesranged like a guard lining the sovereigns path.Such sentiments inspired Boyceau in designingthe…
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