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French châteaux and gardens in the XVIth century; a series of reproductions of contemporary drawings hitherto unpublished (1909)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 76

An illustration from French châteaux and gardens in the XVIth century; a series of reproductions of contemporary drawings hitherto unpublished, 1909, leaf 76
the only part begun— looked on to a garden, laid out at the same time, in which Palissy1 2 3 erected a grotto of his enamelled earthenware. At de l’Orme’s death (Jan., 1570) only the lower storey of the central pavilion (24a), containing a spiral stair of in¬ genious construction and the galleries… … Fig. 17. THE LOUVRE. DETAIL OF ATTIC. original elevation was known (cf. pi. 20). Du Cerceau’s two bird’s-eye views (pi. 18, 19) show us with great fulness the entire design. From them we learn amongst other things that de l’Orme’s stair pavilion was not to terminate in an elliptical dome flanked by…

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

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