THE STYLE OF LOUIS XV. 



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of the treatises of Vignola and Palladio, de 1'Orme and Scamozzi, 

 and giving examples for contemporary use based upon them, and 

 indeed in the works of the bulk of the architects practising during 

 the second quarter of the eighteenth century. 



YOUNGER ARCHITECTS OF THE ACADEMIC TRADITION. - The 

 principal architects of this period stood in the direct line of Academic 

 tradition, and represented in many cases the younger generation of 

 architectural families who had been prominent in the first quarter. 

 Among them were Jean and Jacques, grandsons of Jules Hardouin 

 Mansart, the younger L' Assurance, and Jacques Francois Blondel, son 



PANEL MOULD 



L.M. GOTCI-I 



MEAS? DRAWN 



357. BESANCON : ENTRANCE DOORWAY OF HOTEL DE CLERMONT. 



Measured and Drawn by L. M. Gotch. 



