THE 



ARCHITECTURE OF 



THE RENAISSANCE 



IN FRANCE 



A HISTORY OF THE EVOLUTION OF 



THE ARTS OF BUILDING, DECORATION 



AND GARDEN DESIGN UNDER CLASSICAL 



INFLUENCE FROM 1495 TO 1830 



BY 



W. H. WARD, M.A. 



ARCHITECT. ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE 

 OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS. AUTHOR OF "FRENCH 

 CHATEAUX AND GARDENS IN THE XVI. CENTURY" 



VOLUME I 



LONDON 

 B. T. BATSFORD, 94 HIGH HOLBORN 



NEW YORK 

 CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 153-7 FIFTH AVENUE 



