A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . CO ?O w o c z Q < C w I [i. pp. i6S, 169 Pl. LIX. THK AIJUKDUCT OF MAINTENON, FROM A D l< AWING I!V KECINALU Fl (slC p. l/l) I. TO KACK I. 169I ANDRE LE NOTRE 169 dEspagne must have been exceedingly troublesome to grow, andapparently the Treasury got tired of it, for in 1678 the 5,000 francswas cut down to a total of 1,375 francs, and in the year followingopposite each of these three entries is the ominous neant. But in1679 the items cheerfully reappear, 3,500 for the new parter
A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . CO ?O w o c z Q < C w I [i. pp. i6S, 169 Pl. LIX. THK AIJUKDUCT OF MAINTENON, FROM A D l< AWING I!V KECINALU Fl (slC p. l/l) I. TO KACK I. 169I ANDRE LE NOTRE 169 dEspagne must have been exceedingly troublesome to grow, andapparently the Treasury got tired of it, for in 1678 the 5,000 francswas cut down to a total of 1,375 francs, and in the year followingopposite each of these three entries is the ominous neant. But in1679 the items cheerfully reappear, 3,500 for the new parterres, 2,500for the parterres en gazon, 1,500 for the flower garden, and 1,500for the espalier de jasmin. In 1680 Le Notre received a generalgratification of 3,000 francs for his care of the royal gardens,^ andin his latter years he received pretty regularly a gratification of 3,000francs for services generally on the Royal There is nomention of fees paid to Le Notre for the design of specific seems to have been regarded as part of his official duty, and hissalary appears to have been made up in this irregular and miscellane
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