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A history of French architecture, from the reign of Charles VIII till the death of Mazarin (1911)

Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London : G. Bell and sons, ltd. · leaf 331

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e la Soci&e de lHistoire de Paris, i8Sr, 102, quoted byUe Geymiiller, 250. 3 There are five plates in Les Plus Excellents Bastiments, a plan, an elevation ofthe base-court as begun, and three alternative designs for the facade of the base-court. 4 British Museum, V, 75, 76. The particulars in… … H o I. ro FACE p. 153] THE DU CERCEAU FAMILY 153 deplorably vulgar design for one of the facades to the court, which hedescribes as having been actually begun. Beyond the base-court wasthe main building, a great square edifice with pavilions at the angles,built round an open court 270 ft. square. A…

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