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ABC/216
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Le style Louis XIV Recueil de motifs choisis d'architecture au XVIIe siecle [Collection of selected architectural motifs in the Louis XIV 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 XIV Style, with specific Architectural Examples from the 17th century. It contains an Introduction, History and Bibliography of the main French Architects of the 17th century, along with 140 plates and 206 architectural motifs. The plates depict etchings and photographs of Palaces, Castles, Public Monuments, Hotels, Houses, Churches, Chapels, and Monumental Squares such as: Church of the Sorbonne; Pont-au-Change Monument; Church of Val-de-Grace; Castle of Maisons-Laffitte; Saint Nicholas-du-Chardonet Church; Hotel Sale, called de Juigne; Door of the Hotel de Ville, Toulon; Louvre Palace; College of the Four Nations; Castle of Versailles; Chapel of Versailles; Versailles; Park of Versailles; The Grand Trianon; Triumphal Arch of the Saint-Denis Gate; Triumphal Arch of the Saint-Martin Gate; Hotel des Invalides; Church Saint-Louis-des Invalides; Place Vendome; Holland Hotel; Motifs of various hotels; Monument of Longueville; Columns of the Chateau de Richelieu; Fronton of the Customs of Rouen; Tympanum at the Hotel de Rohan; Monument to J.-A. de Thou; Hotel de Soubise; Hotel de Chalon; Pont-au-Change Monument; Hotel Miramion; Hotel d'Albret; Hotel de Lauzun; Hotel Lambert; Hotel Brinvilliers; Hotel Lepelletier; Castle of Vaux; Hotel Sale; Hotel de Beauvais; House of Lulli; Door Rue Saint-Lo, at Rouen; Door of the Lycee, at Rouen; Chalons Gate; City Hall Troyes Cheminee; Hotel de Ville in Abbeville; Organs of Saint-Quentin; Church of the Black Penitents, at Avignon.
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- French
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Good condition. corners slightly cuffed