[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] · 52 pictures

A set of 17th-century French engravings of Paris, royal residences and chateaux, published in Paris by N. de Poilly, N. Langlois and I. Henriet, with some plates by Silvestre and Aveline. The views are printed as bird's-eye and ground-level perspectives of palaces and their formal gardens. A designer could take from them the strict geometry of parterres, axial avenues and symmetrical facades that organised French garden and building layouts.

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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