Plans for a private house designed by François II Franque, Royal Architect. Cross-section and elevation along the length of the building. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert’s Encyclopedie (Encyclopedia), Geneva, 1778.

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