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Les plans, profils, et elevations, des ville, et château de Versailles : avec les bosquets, et fontaines, tels quils sont a present : levez sur les lieux, dessinez et gravez en 1714 et 1715

Mortain, Gilles de, 18th cent · 1716 · A Paris : Chez Demortain ... · 16 pictures

A 1716 Paris folio of engraved plans, profiles and elevations of the town and palace of Versailles, with its bosquets and fountains as they stood in 1714 and 1715, surveyed on site and engraved by Gilles de Mortain for a presumably architectural and garden-minded audience. The pictures are precise line engravings of garden rooms, clipped hedges, stone walls, fountains and strolling figures in period dress, offering a designer clear models for formal garden layout, tiered terraces and sculptural water features.

Versailles (France) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works · Grand Trianon (Versailles, France) -- Pictorial works · Château de Marly-le-Roi (Marly-le-Roi, France) -- Pictorial works · Palaces -- France -- Versailles -- Pictorial works

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