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 190
walk down the centre, two fountains in large basins withavenues of mulberry trees on either side, a pleasant enough design,which makes it difficult to understand Blondels remark about thisgarden that before the alterations by Desgots in 1730, Cetoit fort peude chose, et il se ressentait de… … [ll. Ill TALK I. So JACQUES LEMERCIER 8i fact, some admirable work in ground designing was done between1620 and the time of Louis XIV, and Le Notre, admirable artist as hewas, simply developed a well-established tradition of design. Blondelshistorical generalizations are of less value than his…
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