A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 (1921)
Blomfield, Reginald, Sir, 1856-1942 · London, G. Bell · leaf 133
story is admirably told in Perraults Memoires, pp. 86-89. Themodel showed the actual size and number of the stones and iron bars to be used in thebuilding oil le fer ne porta rien et ne fait que retenir la poussee des architraves. ■ Including the main courts this design gave actually sixteen… … DO X W H a -i 2 3 O [I. TO FACE P. 76 Pl. XVII
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