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RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IX FRANCE. 





















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417. BORDEAUX: CHIMNEY-PIECE AT 9 RUE JEAN JACOUES BEL. 



which, though it suggests the front of a temple rather than that of a 

 dwelling-house with several floors, forms the main entrance to the man- 

 sion. This pretentious feature and the blank- unpierced walls produce 

 a frigid air which no purity of style or beauty of detail can quite dispel. 



