[Perelle engravings of Paris, royal residences, chateaux of France with additional engravings by Silvestre and Aveline]

1640 · [Paris : N. de Poilly ; N. Langlois ; I. Henriet] · 45 pictures

A 17th-century French collection of engraved views of Paris, royal residences and chateaux, published in Paris by N. de Poilly, N. Langlois and I. Henriet, and likely meant for collectors of topographical prints. The pictures are black-and-white line engravings showing palace facades seen from a distance, with formal parterre gardens laid out in front and small crowds of strollers and carriages below. A designer could take from them the strict symmetry of French formal garden plans, the clipped hedge patterns, and the bird's-eye framing of buildings within their grounds.

Château de Versailles (Versailles, France) · Architecture -- France -- 17th century · Palaces -- France · Castles -- France · Gardens -- France · Buildings -- France -- Paris · Architecture · Buildings · Castles · Gardens · Palaces · Paris (France) -- Pictorial works · France · France -- Paris

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