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ABC/215
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Le style Louis XV Recueil de motifs choisis d’architecture au XVIIIe siecle [Collection of selected architectural motifs in the Louis XV Style of the 18th century]
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- [1914] (Creation)
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1 volume
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A volume dedicated to the study of the Louis XV Style, with specific Architectural Examples from the 18th century. It contains an Introduction, History and Bibliography of the main French Architects of the 18th century, along with 140 plates and 180 architectural motifs. The plates depict photographs of Palaces, Castles, Public Monuments, Hotels, Houses, Churches, Chapels, Fountains and Justice Palaces such as: Hotel de Soubise, Paris; Hotel de Toulouse, Paris; Hotel Rue de Bac, Paris; Saint Sulpice Church, Paris; Church of Petits Peres, Paris; Town Hall, Nancy; Neptune Fountain, Nancy; Amphitrite Fountain, Nancy; Grids of Stanislas Square, Nancy; Grid and Lantern, Nancy; Triumphal Arch, Nancy; Justice Palace, Nancy; Hotel Place de la Carriere, Nancy; Place de la Carriere Fountain; Church of Bon-Secours; House of J. Lamour; Cathedral, Nancy; Church Saint Sauveur, Rennes; Palace of States, Dijon; Town Hall, Rennes; Palacfe of Versailles; Hotel Soubise, Paris; Saint Louis Cathedral, Versailles; Hotel de la Guerre, Versailles; Castle Commons, Chantilly; Hotel Rue de Regard, Paris; Hotel de Sacy, Paris; Hotel Samuel Bernard, Rue du Bac, Paris; Hotel Faubourg Saint-Honore, Paris; Hotel Rue du Cherche-Midi, Paris; Hotel Chenizot, Paris; House Rue du Cherche-Midi, Paris; Hotel d'Aray, Rue de Varennes, Paris; House Rue Saint-Andre-des-Arts; Balony, Saint-Peres Street, Paris; Balustrades, Cherche-Midi Street, Paris; House of the Dragon, Paris; Archdiocese, Aix; Hotel Tardif, Aix; Hotel d'Ailhaut, Aix; House of Preachers, Aix; Hotel Tailhas, Aix; Hotel de la Bourse, Bordeaux; Archdiocese, Bordeaux; Fountain of Duane, Bordeaux; Saint-Project Fountain, Bordeaux; Hotel in Temple Street, Bordeaux; Grid of Public Garden; Balconys in Quai des Chartron and in a Public Garden Cours; Gate of Hotel Montilhet, Dijon; Hotel Bretenieres, Dijon; Town Hall, Beauvais; Hotel Biron, Paris; Hotel de Noirmoutiers, Paris; Hotel de Matignon, Paris; Bridge of the Beautiful Fountains, Juvisy; Chateau on the Loire; Composition of J.A. Meissonnier; Dolphin Wedding Celebrations.
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- French
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Good condition