Author: BALLON Hilary :
Title: Louis Le Vau. Mazarin's Collège, Colbert's revenge.
Description: ¨Princeton / Chichester, Princeton University Press, 1999, in-4°, 236 pp, 109 ills., inventory of the architect's library, indexes, orange linen, maroon lettering, orig. d.w. The Collège des Quatre Nations, the present 'Institut de France', was designed by Le Vau, 1612 - 1670, and built between 1662 and 1670. The economical aspect, as usual, is very interesting, the aesthetic battles with Bernini and Colbert fascinating. Le Vau also worked at the Louvre and designed Versailles. .

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