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were replaced by more acceptable Gothic pastiches in the later nineteenth century, but
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Cours d'architecture ou traité de la décoration, distribution et constructions des bâtiments contenant les leçons données en 1750, et les années suivantes
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and teacher. After running his own highly successful school of architecture for many years, he was appointed
Professor of Architecture at the
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Introduction à l'architecture, abrégé historique de la Ville de Paris, description des principaux édifices du
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he wrote the article on masonry, as well as architecture, and contributed nearly 500 articles between 1751 and his death in 1774.
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Tadgell, Christopher (1998). "Blondel, (Nicolas-)François" in Turner 1998, vol. 4, pp. 165–166.
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Smith, Edward R. (1904). "The Topographical Evolution of the City of Paris. IV. Royal Paris" in
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