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Les plans et les descriptions de deux des plus belles maisons de campagne de Pline le consul : avec des remarques sur tous ses bâtimens, et une dissertation touchant l'architecture antique & l'architecture gothique

Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619-1695, Pliny, the Younger, Scamozzi, Vincenzo, 1552-1616 · 1699 · A Paris : Chez Florentin & Pierre Delaulne, ... · 5 pictures

Félibien's 1699 Paris reconstruction of two villas described by Pliny the Younger, the Laurentine and Tuscan, with notes on Roman and Gothic architecture for a learned French readership. The four plates are ground plans of formal gardens and palace layouts, plus a Scamozzi elevation with its plan, showing courtyards, parterres, and symmetrical wings a designer could use for spatial diagrams.

Laurentine Villa (Laurentum) · Villa Pliniana (Torno, Italy) · Architecture, Roman · Architecture, Gothic · Architecture, Domestic

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