[Perelle engravings of Paris, royal residences, chateaux of France with additional engravings by Silvestre and Aveline]

1640 · [Paris : N. de Poilly ; N. Langlois ; I. Henriet] · 38 pictures

A 17th-century French collection of engravings published in Paris by N. de Poilly, N. Langlois and I. Henriet, showing royal residences, chateaux and their gardens for a public interested in architecture and palaces. The prints pair formal palace facades with crowds of strollers in geometric parterres, showing how grand architecture and garden layout were presented to viewers as fashionable scenes.

Château de Versailles (Versailles, France) · Architecture -- France -- 17th century · Palaces -- France · Castles -- France · Gardens -- France · Buildings -- France -- Paris · Architecture · Buildings · Castles · Gardens · Palaces · Paris (France) -- Pictorial works · France · France -- Paris

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