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Title: A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942
Subjects: Architecture
Publisher: London : G. Bell and sons, ltd.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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