Le Louvre et son histoire. Ouvrage illustré de 140 gravures sur bois et photogravures daprès des dessins, des plans et des estampes de l époque
Albert Babeau's 1895 history of the Louvre, published in Paris by Firmin-Didot for a general readership interested in the palace's past, is illustrated with 140 wood engravings and photogravures drawn from period designs, plans and prints. The pictures show the palace and riverside Paris in views, crowd scenes, a decorative monumental fireplace-like panel with figures, and a Renaissance-style courtyard, offering a designer historical architectural and urban reference material with dense hatched linework.
