A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . meilleur style. . Bullet sentiten grand homme, que cet edifice etant destine a la residence dunePrincesse du sang, devoit quoiquil fut en lui-meme peu considerable,sannoncer des ses dehors tout autrement que la maison dune richeparticulier, and accordingly to avoid the undue size of a colossalorder and the monotony of orders above orders, he designed a Doric Cest la maniere de plusieurs Personnes de Lettres, lesquelles ayant etudi^quelque temps Iarchitecture, imaginent en entendre mieux les princ


A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . meilleur style. . Bullet sentiten grand homme, que cet edifice etant destine a la residence dunePrincesse du sang, devoit quoiquil fut en lui-meme peu considerable,sannoncer des ses dehors tout autrement que la maison dune richeparticulier, and accordingly to avoid the undue size of a colossalorder and the monotony of orders above orders, he designed a Doric Cest la maniere de plusieurs Personnes de Lettres, lesquelles ayant etudi^quelque temps Iarchitecture, imaginent en entendre mieux les principes, que ceux quien font profession (Bullet, Avant propos, ix). Ten years later the Academy itselfdiscussed the articles of the Custom of Paris. See Proces-Verbaux, vol. iii, passim. - Blondel (J. F.), Cours dArchitecture, iii, 99. Issy is close to Meudon. Thehouse and gardens have long since disappeared. Blondel promised to illustrate Issi inthe sixth volume of his Recueil dArchitecture Fran^aise, which never published prints of the plan elevations and sections. Pl. XLV. [rcrcllc


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