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French châteaux and gardens in the XVIth century; a series of reproductions of contemporary drawings hitherto unpublished (1909)

Ward, William Henry, 1865-1924 · London; B. T. Batsford; New York, C. Scribner & sons; · leaf 44

An illustration from French châteaux and gardens in the XVIth century; a series of reproductions of contemporary drawings hitherto unpublished, 1909, leaf 44
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE CHATEAUX : DESIGNS BY VARIOUS ARCHITECTS. 3 of delicately ornamented features, each individually beautiful, with the rather clumsy general proportions fails to produce a wholly pleasing effect. The most remarkable feature of the chateau is its great hall, planned as a Greek… … towers (ff) were never carried above the terrace level. Fig. 4. CASTLE OF CHAMBORD. PLAN. The drainage of the marsh and canalisation of the river References to Figure 4. Cosson proved so costly that the moat (ggg) and the terraces ff Unfinished Towers, Donjon. (h h h) separating it from the castle…

Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques, active 1549-1584 · Castles -- France · Gardens · Architecture -- France -- History

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