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(iii) Eighteenth Century and Early Nineteenth Century. In 

 English : Lady Dilke's " The French Architects and Decorators of the 

 Eighteenth Century" (1901). In French: ' L' Architecture et la 

 Decoration Franchises aux XVIII me et XIX me Siecles"(in progress); 

 R. Pfnor's "Architecture, &c., de 1'Epoque Louis XVI" (1865); 

 P. Planat's " Le Style Louis XVI "(1908); " Interieurs et Exterieurs 

 de 1'Epoque Louis XVI " (published by C. Schmid) ; M. Fouquier's 

 " Percier et Fontaine " in " Les Grands Artistes " series, Gourlier, &c. ; 

 "Choix d'Edifices Publics" (1825-50); from the beginning of the reign 

 of Louis XIV. to the close of the Empire the volumes on each phase 

 of style in the " L'Art de Connaitre les Styles " series (in progress). 



C. MONOGRAPHS ON TOWNS AND REGIONS OF FRANCE. For the 

 history of Renaissance Architecture in the principal towns of France the 

 volumes in the " Villes d'Art Celebres " will be found useful together 

 with the following: 



Paris, "Paris et ses Monuments," L. P. Baltard (1803-05); 

 "Description de Paris et ses Edifices," Legrand and Landon (1806-09 

 and 1818); "Statistique Monumentale de Paris," A. Lenoir (1855); 

 "Topographic du Vieux Paris," A. Berty, &c. (1866, &c.) ; "Paris a 

 Travers les Ages," Fournier, Hoffbauer, &c. (1875, &c.); "Das Alte 

 Paris," E. and W. Hessling (1907) (in progress); "Les Vieux Hotels 

 de Paris," F. Contet (in progress) ; " Edifices Religieux de Paris," 

 A. Bainet (1909) in the "Les Richesses d'Art de la Ville de Paris" 

 series. 



Rouen. " Les Vieux Hotels de Rouen," E. Delaborde, &c. 



Lyons, Dijon, Aix-en- Provence, and Bordeaux. In " L' Architecture 

 et la Decoration " series, L. Deshairs. 



Many towns, especially Nancy and Metz, are illustrated by series 

 issued by A. Guerinet. 



North- Western France. The only three volumes issued of L. 

 Palustre's great survey of early Renaissance Architecture in France 

 "La Renaissance en France" (1881-85) deal w ^^ tne north-western 

 provinces. 



Loire Valley. " Les Chateaux de la Vallee de la Loire," V. Petit 

 (1861); " Blois, Chambord, et les Chateaux du Blesois," F. Bournon 

 (1908), and "Tours et les Chateaux de Touraine," P. Vitry (1905), both 

 in the " Villes d'Art Celebres " series ; " Nouveaux Documents pour 

 1'Histoire, &c., des Residences Royales du Bord de la Loire," F. de 

 Croy (1894). 



