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L'architecture françoise, ou, Recueil des plans, elevations, coupes et profils des églises, palais, hôtels & maisons particulieres de Paris, & des chasteaux & maisons de campagne ou de plaisance des environs, & de plusieurs autres endroits de France, bâtis nouvellement par les plus habils architectes, et levés & mesurés exactement sur les lieux

Mariette, Jean, 1660-1742, Mariette, Pierre Jean, 1694-1774, Marot, Jean, 1619?-1679 · 1727 · A Paris : Chez Jean Mariette ... · 21 pictures

This is an 18th-century French architectural treatise by Jean Mariette, published in Paris in 1727 for architects and builders, collecting plans, elevations and sections of churches, palaces, town houses and country seats. The four pictures show elevations of Parisian façades drawn as flat, measured views with rows of windows, dormers, pediments and rusticated bases, which a designer might use for studying classical facade rhythm and proportion.

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