H ouse and Garden 
THE PLACE VENDOME AND PLACE DES VIC- 
TOIRES 
The creation of a great public square, 
similar to the Place Royale of Henry IV., 
between the Rue Saint-Honore and the 
Rue des Petits-Champs, was suggested by 
Louvois, a minister of Louis XIV., in 1683. 
The site was occupied by the Hotel de Ven- 
dome, built in the reign of Henry IV. The 
original scheme for the new place was a grand 
affair. It was to be called Place des Con- 
quetes and to be built on three sides, that on 
the Rue Saint Honore being left open. It 
was intended to serve as a monumental civic 
center providing accommodations for the 
Bibliotheque, all the Academies, the Mon- 
naies and several foreign embassies. The 
scheme of Louvois was too extravagant for 
execution. After 1698 it was recast in its 
present residential form and constructed by 
Jules Hardouin - Mansard, under the name 
Place Louis-le-Grand. 
The Place des Victoires was a private en¬ 
terprise undertaken by Franqois d’Aubusson, 
Vicomte de la Feuillade, who erected here a 
monument to Louis XIV. in 1686. 
THE PALAIS-ROYAL 
Like the Louvre and Tuileries, and a vast 
number of monuments public and private 
which we have not space for here, the Palais- 
Royal is extremely significant architecturally, 
but its topographic importance is not great. 
In fact, it was not placed with any regard 
for the rest of the Paris map and is, at this 
moment, an obstruction to the natural traffic 
and intercourse of the city. 
(To be continued') 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 
Maquf.t, Auguste : Paris sous Louis XIV. Paris, 1883 ; 
1 vol., 4to. 
Blondel, FRAN901S : Cours d’ Architecture enseigne dans 
PAcademie royale d’Architecture. Paris, 1675 ; 
2 vols., fol. 
Blondel, Jacques-Fran^ois : Architecture framboise ; ou 
Recueil des plans, elevations, coupes et profils des 
eglises, maisons royales, palais, hotels, etc. Paris, 
1752, 1756 ; 4 vols., fol. (This is the “Grand 
Blondel ” of the ateliers.) 
Blondel, Jacques-Franpois : Cours d’Architecture ou 
Traite de la Decoration, Distribution et Construction 
des Batiments, etc. Paris, 1771 —1777 ; 6 vols. in 
9, 8vo. Vols. 9 and 6 are edited by Patte. (This 
is the “ Petit Blondel.”) 
Chennevieres - Montaiglon Ed. : Archives de Part 
fran^ais. Paris, 1851 — 1860; 3 vols., 8vo. 
Societe de l’histoire de l’art Fran^ais pub.: Nouvelles 
Archives de PArt fran^ais. Paris, 1872—1885 ; 12 
vols., 8vo. 
Jaillot, Jean-Baptiste-Michel : Recherches critiques, 
historiques et topographiques sur la Ville de Paris, 
etc. Paris, 1772-1775 ; 1 vol., 8vo. 
Le Rouge, Georges-Louis : Curiosites de Paris, de Ver¬ 
sailles, Marlv, Vincennes, Saint-Cloud, etc. Nou- 
velle edition augmentee par J. C. Piganiol de la 
Force et Claude Saugrain ; 4th ed. Paris, 1771 ; 
2 vols., 8vo. 
Sauval, Henri : Histoire et Recherches des Antiqui- 
tes de la Ville de Paris. Paris, 1724 ; 3 vols., fol. 
Hurtaut, Magny : Dictionnaire historique de la Ville de 
Paris et de ses Environs. Paris, 1779; 4 vols., 
8vo. 
Dui.aure, Jacques-Antoine : Histoire de Paris et de ses 
Monuments ; Nouvelle edition, par Le Batissier. 
Paris, 1846 ; 4 vols., fol. 
Felibien, Michel : Histoire de la Ville de Paris, reveue, 
augmentee et mise au jour par G. A. Lobineau. 
Paris, 1725 ; 5 vols., fol. 
Mariette, Pierre-|ean : Abecedario et autres notes in- 
editees de cet Amateur sur les Arts et les Artistes ; 
pub. by P. de Chennevieres and A. de Montaiglon. 
Paris, 1851-60 ; 6 vols. in 3, 8vo. 
Guiffrey, Jules-Marie-Josei’h : Comptes des Batiments 
du Roi sous le Regne de Louis XIV. Paris, 1881 ; 
4 vols., 4to. 
Granet, Jean-Joseph : Histoire de 1 ’Hotel-royal des In- 
valides, etc. Paris, 1736 ; 1 vol., fol. 
Brice, Germain : Nouvelle description de la Ville de Paris 
et de tout ce qu’elle contient ; 8th ed., enlarged. 
Paris, 1725 ; 4 vols., 8vo. 
Gisors, Alphonse de : Le palais du Luxembourg fonde 
par Marie de Medicis regente, etc. Paris, 1 847 ; 
1 vol., 4to. 
Rochegude, Marquis de: Guide Pratique a travers le 
vieux. Paris. Maisons historiques ou curieuses, 
anciens hotels, etc. Paris, 1903 ; 1 vol., 12mo. 
2 39 
