10.29.2021 | DIGS.NET 35
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J E N N T H O R N TO N
P H OTOS BY
B RU N O E H R S
A lavish new
monograph
showcases the
17th-century
chateau that
inspired
Versailles in
all its set-piece
pageantry.
OUT NOW FROM
FLAMMARION, VAUX
LE VICOMTE: A
PRIVATE INVITATION
IS A VISUAL
FEAST OF ONE OF
THE GRANDEST
ARCHITECTURAL
FEATS IN FRANCE.
THE ENTRANCE TO
THIS EXTRAORDINARY
DOMAIN IS MARKED
BY MAGNIFICENT
STONEWORK, A
DRAWBRIDGE
AND STATUES OF
MYTHICAL GODS.
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