Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Van Brunt, Henry, 1832-1903 · Boston : James R. Osgood · leaf 465
te in having a grand central roomsurrounded by subordinate apartnients. If tlie king contented liim-self with a vast hall which served as a daily place of reunion andeven for a banqueting-room, private gentlemen liad every reason tobe satisfied with a siniilar arrangement ; in fact, this was their… … Fig. 77 is one of the plans of this collection of Du Cerceau.According to the usasce of the time, the manor-house is establishedupon a platform having the appearance of a défensive work, andsurrounded by a moat full of water. But it Avill be seen that thearchitect planted around the curtains and…
Architecture
Internet Archive · Kelly Library, University of Toronto · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Libro primo [-quinto] d'architettvra ... (1566)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-libroprimoquinto00serl-175-199.webp)
