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A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 (1921)

Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London : G. Bell and sons, ltd. · leaf 177

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but he could not forget that hehad once studied architecture. The great Meissonnier gave us somethingfar more valuable. It is true he had studied in Italy, but he wisely pre-ferred the taste of Borromini to the gout ennuyeux for the antique,and thus he had rendered to France the same service as… … kk.^^^-^^ -^c^..- -I.

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