Jacques Lemercier. Architecte et ingénieur du Roi Paris Alexandre Gady Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Paris 2005

96,- EUR [Monograhie] ISBN 2-7351-1042-7

Monographie

The first scholarly monograph on Jacques Lemercier (before 1586-1654), this book illuminates the career of Cardinal Richelieu’s favorite architect,who worked on the most prestigious projects of his era (the Luxembourg palace, the Louvre, the Sorbonne, the Palais Royal…) and who was considered by his contemporaries to be the ‘first architect’ of his century.