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... Louis XV and Louis XVI - it has long been recognised that they do not correspond to the duration of these reigns . The coming of the Louis XV style was perceptible about 1690 , that is to say not long after the zenith of Louis XIV's ...
... Louis XV and Louis XVI - it has long been recognised that they do not correspond to the duration of these reigns . The coming of the Louis XV style was perceptible about 1690 , that is to say not long after the zenith of Louis XIV's ...
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... Louis XIV . Like the topographers of the past , Bretez put his foreground in ... XV In the course of the century the problems entailed in the health and ... Louis XV launched a great architectural campaign . Several provincial towns ...
... Louis XIV . Like the topographers of the past , Bretez put his foreground in ... XV In the course of the century the problems entailed in the health and ... Louis XV launched a great architectural campaign . Several provincial towns ...
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... 15 ) , Rue de Richelieu , was one of the most agreeable of the Régence . The beauty of their decorative sculpture distinguished the Louis XV staircases of the Hôtels de la Grange and d'Ecquevilly ( Pl . 63 ) in the Marais . That of the ...
... 15 ) , Rue de Richelieu , was one of the most agreeable of the Régence . The beauty of their decorative sculpture distinguished the Louis XV staircases of the Hôtels de la Grange and d'Ecquevilly ( Pl . 63 ) in the Marais . That of the ...
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