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A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)

Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 308

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produce of the vintage. CHATEAU specimens may be mentioned; such as thechiiteau of Josselyn in Brittany, as an instanceof the large buildings of the sixteenth century ;the cliateau of Bussy-Rabutin, as a building ofthe seventeenth century; and the Chiiteau ofMaisons-sur-Seine, as an instance of a… … Chateau (jf Ciiamiiokd. (See Cut.) The term chateau is applied, therefore, tomodem French country houses to an extent fargreater than the English word castle. Thelatter is used only as part of a time-honouredname and in a few cases, whereas in France ahouse ])uilt during the present century where…

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