IN THE KINGDOM, IRE, Yet you confacranc this outrage, i'imitates Vitruue, quidediafesliures d'Architecte- hard on Emperor Augufte-, i.e., not all of them have the prefom- ption to believe that we can approach the excellence of this great &... celebrated at hour, as voftre Majefté furmonte the glory of this The famous Monarque. le fçay bien que mes trauaux ne font pas di¬ gnes of pareftredeuant you, as thefiens have deserved to eftre veus 8th darlings of Your Prince: & yet the elf is still missing. of the advantage of not showing them to you, that it does not make them in you. offering. Carp reads your Majeftee but preferably from- | ty freely the means to practise this art, or I'ay have acquired some connoiffance to affiliate the public; ie ferois reproach- I am extremely ungrateful for not offering you what you want. and then, please, only through you. After you have had (besides my aflidu trauail ) the conference of the most capable in that ma¬¬ tière que ie traitte; il y a deux ans que ie pris refolution de met¬ The Commission has been prevented from carrying out this work in the first place; therefore, the obligation of that I had to flee from Majefté's weapons, in order to escape from the to make 8 C worthy of the charge all the more experienced that i'ay ...to the fortifications, which he's given you to stake me with. Mainte- nant que ie me voy de retour, i'efFeduë ce que i'auois proietté en E P I S T II E. that time: & beginning with the buildings of vosfujets, pour rembelliflement de voftre Royaume -, ielpere SIRE, browse through afterwards, & show you some of the defleins of the baftimens Royaux, oùie niesforceray que mes inuentions re- are in keeping with the dignity of the subject. To give me the courage to live. nir à bout, ie you fupplie you very- humbly, SIR E, to receive this during this binding that your Majesty has added to you. ne trouue pas mauuaife,s'il luy plaift,Fambition que i ay de testify to you by this means the Laflfeelion, the zele, & the challenge of- read all my life." s I R XVery much very- humble $ tres-obeijfdnt The M v and. WITH LECTEVR- E who first gave birth to the men of ed/fier, established the no¬¬ cefit, when beaten by high air pressure, 0 excess winged trawls. of the heat of the Sun 9 of the rigours of the cold, of the imported fafffches The snows are not the same as the snows, but the snows are not the same as the snows. green from the tenderest age in the world, as if to guarantee that you'll never be fion des befies fauuagcs & befies cruelles. Il ejl croyable que la rudejje des e (prit s de ce the most magnificent bafiimens there did not allow them to entrust one of the most magnificent bafiimens y but > ue little by little their fucceffeurs putting the hand to tœuuœure ( as it happens to all other choices to polish over time) became more familiar. The art of edi fer , 0 that they made precepts that their enriched art should be enriched by the still, iufque to perfection. E ousles hifionens make us proud that the sJJfyrians 0- the o&ld e of the o&ld have been great edifying, but they have also made some madmen. & city walls of vneimmenfe 0 prefque incredible size , com¬ me aufii les Eerfis : 0* the pyramids of Egypt still fervent around huy de té ■ moignage } how much the people of that country make bafiimens. This the renowned temple of Solomon makes no one doubt that the Hebrews nay have had similarly very large Cotres for lack of intelligence in Hrchu. te ci me : tediray yet that the Western peoples have increased their numbers. The science they've got from the Orientals 5 have at least jmpajféenla connoiffan- this of t Architecture all the nations you just named. The Greeks- miers syfont rendus excellens; les Italiens par apres ont fait des ouvrages mer¬ vigilux 3 0 the Franks now can practice everything the vns 0 the others are on fire - but I've made a fine flora out of this jet of flowers. 0 tres-rar es inventions. De forte qn il faut aduoiier que filArt aiamaù contri¬ drunk with nature to make some choices perfect, * end of jfem has more uh-- reufementrenffy aware of nofire France's bafi- jet or he wanted to occupy himself elsewhere. For as Nature swallows The fact that it is not possible to find a single word of the temperate fituation of this kingdom makes it possible to see that it is in all places in abon¬¬ment. dance ce qu'elle a efpars0femé en divers quartiers delà terre: ainjïtJrt par the ornament of the magnificent buildings, had hay to embellish it giving it by this means. vn indescribable contentment to the y them of the men, 0 housing them comfortably 0 beautifully, which is one of life's most pleasurable pleasures. Macs cefi- kings of the world, and the king chofifiiperflued to define in this place of the beautiful firstructure of such buildings, having feulement intention de faire voir au public vn moyen de b a fi tr far tout es gran¬ hard proposed j so that in the case of private individuals we can obfaruerla well... 0 convenience in proportion to that usually kept in the public buildings and 0 other buildings of defience. fi'ay thus started since the smallest e [stretched as you can puff it up, iufques to a size, such as quilfe find more perfumes flowerspojfeder des places de femblable me do: by after working in more ffatigable places, 0 declare everything that is ffatigable. can conveniently make deffas. In this case the reader I have created does not WITH READING. "i minus 3 that [i leufes left deeply from Architecture & declared all [es re¬¬ But we do not give up, and we will soon be defeated. the curtofite of vn each at this point. This will be done when it will bring to light my of the feigns of the Royal Baftimens 3 or you will see the murderous orders of the Colomns in¬ tièrement obfernés , & les édifices conduits félon eux , auec les enrichifemens qui are more compliant. Referred queéonj trouuera ce quifertÀla décoration des Palais & des Eglfies , & feray as a vn abbrcgé of all that ejl necefaire d the confluence of the great baftimens. T\cyoy ce pendant Leéleur ce oeuvre que ie dedicated to the [vtility of each one, & obliges moy ['accepting fauorably, of I am increasingly involved in the public service in terms of my jobj CA ma profefion " I DISCOVRS SUMMARY OF THIS QVI MUST ESTRE OBSERVE' in construction DE T O V T BASTIMENT. IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOVT BASTIMENT, ONE CAN v shall be in respect of duration, aifancc or convenience, aia Beautifully ordered, oh the fancy apartments. The dvree confide,! trauailler of good matter, but as long as she changes the diucrfîté of the place, he does not can give himself particular precepts. This is given to the difcrction& iugement deceluy quibaflit, which the re¬ will glide through the year's cognoifl'ance he'll have gained from experience. of goodness defeated materials. Giving the walls of efpaifTeursconuenablcs felon the height & load quel'cn wants them to wear. But it depends in part on the goodness defended. materials, the cognoilfance of which can only be acquired in the said places; we auons aufli remis ce article aufli à la diferetion cîe celuy qui baflira; ayapt pour ce ef¬ fet caught in it works all the lengths & widths of our defleins: & nil- unless the efpailfeurs we have practiced there can eftre obferred to flee from- uies en toute feureté aux baftimens qui fe feront a Paris & és enuirons; en quoy (as in everything else) he'll make it clear, that after the Pefpaifleur des bafli- mens communsauraefté arreftee for what must say crazy land, it will be necessary to reduce the whole to two thirds, for that which will be made above the earth; & this by the means of two retreats. your other parks. To make the burdens of ddlus faith pofés fur parties able to fouftenir them, & dautant queles planchers & tout ce que l'onpofe deiTusfont portés par les pou¬ The first of the two was the first to be built, and the second to be built in the same way. me fur fene Ares or doors. En fomme il faut faire que le vuide foit alhs. fur le vui - of, like the plain fur the plain. Iî fe faut bien aufli garder de faire palier les poutres in the chimneys, for the inconucnians who can come from there, and the same must be done¬ the length of the beams is not very good, considering their length, but the groaning, defectives, oh the goodness of wood, depends all the strength. 1 HOW TO To give to the cracksvnc conuenable length, felon the proportion of their grof- fcur; For the longer they are long & the more faithful they are in their middle part. Ccft so that it is good that the beams (the beams are adjusted to the length of the (oliues) (oient efpacees from nine iufqucs to twelve feet interualle, & eftans con- traindts, iufques à treize: Et eft befoin quelles portent dans l'efpaifleur du mur, de fifteen to ten huidt poulces of each glued, & more fi faire fe can. And so that the floors can increase the firmness of the requife, the (oliues) will space out strongly as it There is as much as there is full as there is empty, because it will be used for ornamental purposes. As far as your fan is concerned, you have to obffer. I'm not sure how much you can do to help me, but I'm not sure how much I can do to help you. have each other's vn, & defect between them as much as you can. Let the main rooms belong to each other, such as the Main Rooms and Rooms, They will be accompanied by a wardrobe, oh, aufti d'vn cabinet, if it can be done. Let the members of vn mefine efhgc faith adis on the same level, as far as possible. fe will. That each apartment is of a size suitable for the ironworks at that time. And for this e(fedt,ii will do by the way, in unconstrained places, to obfuscate the fleeing mefurcs. The Hall will be from twenty-two to twenty-four feet wide, in which case it will be can give from thirty-four to thirty-six feet in length: But in large ba- It will be good to give the length twice the width: And when he fefera of the crazy earthly services, he eft about giving them huidt, nine, ten-foot crazy fo- fiuous, or nine to ten-foot crazy keystones. La hauteur du premier cftage fur les longueurs &c largeur fufmentionnees pour lafalle, pourra eftre depuis treize pieds iufques à quatorze pieds, fauf à augmenter proportion, when we give more length & width to the same proportion, to the same extent the falle. For the look of the height of fecundation, it will be good to give her twelve to twelve to thirteen feet (oliues. At the third level eleven to twelve feet. And fi l'on veut faire des chambres en galetas, foit au troiziefme ou quatricfme efta¬ ge, he will fuftily give them huidfc to nine feet high. As for the rooms, they shall be twenty-two or twenty-four feet, & eft all- ffiours ben what faith qiiarrees. Enlaconftrudtion cîes chambres, il faut auoir efgard aia place du lidt, qui eft or- ! dinaryly from fïx feet to quarte, ôc the alley from four to (ix feet), & a la (ituation the path, which in the latter must not be divulged without the express consent of the middle,but iceluy diftance of about two feet,to make room for the lidt, & because the inequality is not very recognizable. The smallest wardrobe will be nine to ten feet wide; & having dauantage of space, from fifteen to thirteen feet. The doors of the inside of the dwelling shall be two and a half feet wide and three feet wide. at the most, in bigbaftimens, four feet. Leur hauteur (erade fïx pieds & demy a fept pieds. The doors will be at least fept feet & demy wide, & when you they compel you; & from a loid to nine feet when nothing compels you: the height will be of a width and a half: But when you have the height to your diferetion, it will be It will be good to give it twice the width. j GOOD B A S T I R. The staircase will be eleven to twelve feet wide: but without restraint, it will be a little- ra at nine feet. The height of the steps will go from five & a half to fîx poulces. The bosom of the walk will make d vn foot in addition to the bankrupted one, which will make two poulces or about. And it should be noted that where it will come about to make the steps turning, we will not be able to make more than ten in the half circle, which are five in the quarter circle. the width of the staircase comes to tenhuidt feet, more or less, we could to do twelve steps in a half circle. The windows will be from four feet to four and a half feet wide between the two boards, or straight legs. For their heights, they will end closest to the floors or foliage that to make fe will be able; as fix, huidt, ten, &: twelve poulces at most: For by this means the (wings or rooms make them better lit, & otherwise we make them obfcu- res&triftes. Que (il ordre de l'architedture de dehors, contraignoit de tenir le haut de la fene- ftre plus bas bas que la mefure fufdite; en ce cas il faudrait faire le dedans d'icelle en ar¬ The light is directed towards the floor, so that it is illuminated to the advantage. The sills of the windows will have since two feet todayf poulces, iufques à trais feet at the most. The mullions, or croifillons of the windows, will have a width of four to five centimetres. poulces. Their rabbits will make a poulce & demy of no more than two poulces, in order to con- to the behind of iceux, & that the wooden frames & china which carry the shutters of the carpentry to close the windows, and which are strong enough conuenable. The right feet of the windows will make strong embfolez, & refeuillez of two poulces at least, so that the carpentry can work against the walls, & in the saidfeiiiiillee- the first shutters must escape quickly after the length of the flaps. females: For by this means they have less interference, & give more clarity: And this article looks at duration, like Childhood & Convenience. The chimneys of the tombs will be in a fixed position with seven feet between the two Jamba¬. ges^ will be good to take the pipe of icelles in the wall, if it is all yours; The women will make adoflees against, in the place where they can correspond to those of the the rooms, which are not far from the middle, as he said: &s'il eft poflible, il faut faire que la cheminee (oit vouë de front par celuy qui entrera dans the falle. Their height will make four to five feet high, which will make the mantle flat: and the other two are not to be found in the same place, but in the same room. teau. The chimney embankments will have fept to nine poulces of width at the most, felon. the order of farchiteéfure, with which we want to enrich it. The chimneys of the rooms will be five feet wide, or five feet and a half, & will be placed as said eft cy- deftus, in caufe of the place of the liéf. Their height will make four feet, or four feet Sc demy, iufques fousques le man¬ teau or flowerbeds. Their failure will make from two feet to two feet & a half, from the iufque reluctance to the deuce of the right feet, or iambages. The chimneys of the wardrobes will make four feet, or four and a half feet of width. Their height of four to five feet is crazy crazy. _ 4 HOW TO Their failures, two feet three inches. The opening of the chimneys in general will have from eleven to twelve lunge poulces, & to the fireplaces of the great cookers fifteen poulces, caufe of the great fire that is made there; &. the most vnily that can be done, and if not done, one will be able to eft sometimes inconvenienced by smoking. Their length will be from four to hx feet * fi the chimneys have fixed feet by bottom in work if they fc will decrease in their coats by the slopes of the ice-hoods, & their pipes will be plumbed. Lapentcdudu dedans des cheminées, autrement îa hood begins from the man¬ iufk teau s on the floor area. JZa beautiful prescription confifle in the fl mm.e trie , which must eftre prife felon U width or height - Depending on the width, it can be used to make some parts of the flooring of the The milieus are equal to each other. That the parties shall be in proportion to the total and to each other. According to the height, it conhfleges to make that the parts efquelles mefnies fimnietrie will be able to look out from the width, believe in their own mefmeniueauffiinngg in their Caril can come in when a wide part of the fence will not be high enough. teur. For example, the half croifecs, which you can alfeoir in such a di- fiancée of the middle of the fedihee, minus the pediments that will make them impofésn'arri- uer will not be the author of those of the entire croifecs; so what will be fimmed in The width will not be the same as the height, and therefore such walls will make it difficult to reach. Quant à la nécessité des appartements. Vovs ypouoirez flifant faire des fallesdu premier cflage plus haut que les the ground of two feet, or more, depending on the humidity of the place where you are babble. For by doing so you can't be fiery with fancy, but if you don't, you can't be beautiful order, making by this means your voice flutter more flutter &: better The light is bright, and when the offices are made insane, it will be good that half their height should be illuminated. in the ground, the other half outside. This is what we have thought it necessary to treat of the genetic precepts. The first of these is the first of ourbaftimens' deffeins, if they are not entirely obfered to, The only way to do this is to hole it up, since the small width of the space has forced us to to fortify with our own rules and regulations. to the deffeins & difeours we'll make room for: furquoy we give you- The first of these is that everything that is made right can be made wrong. che, fans change no dimenfîon, felon as the beauty of fafpedt or vne light or the goodness of the voifin wall, or some other important confirmation, will consume you to eflire plufloft the vn than the other." 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