Notes and sketches of an architect taken during a journey in the northwest of Europe; (1877)
Narjoux, Felix, 1836-1891 · Boston : J. R. Osgood · leaf 105
s dike. Amstel-dam — Mhence comes Amsterdam —signifies the dike of the Amstel, on which the city is built. 100 HOLLAND The basement is so low that it is scarcely noticed. Two highstories, each having a large and small window of the same char-acter, the one placed above the other, alone attract the… … Fig. 57. — External View of the Royal Palace at Amsterdam. building to distinguish the entrance. One cannot understandhow those seven low, half-hidden doors can give access to suchan immense palace (Fig. 57).-^ The interior contains many fine rooms, most of them veryhighly decorated, and some…
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