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Voyage pittoresque de la France : avec la description de toutes ses provinces : ouvrage national dédié au Roi et orne d'un grand nombre de gravures exécutées avec les plus grand soin d'après les dessins des meilleurs artistes

1791 · A Paris : Chez Lamy, Libraire ... de l'imprimerie de Monsieur, 1791-1800 · 31 pictures

Voyage pittoresque de la France is a late eighteenth-century French travel survey published in Paris by Lamy between 1791 and 1800, dedicated to the king and aimed at a national readership. Its plates are engraved views of towns, castles and interiors, several printed sideways on the page, showing architecture, gardens and landscape that a designer could draw on for classical topographic composition, stone detailing and panoramic framing.

Natural history -- France · Natural history · Travel · France -- Description and travel · France -- History · France

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