"ROYAL BUILDING PROJECTS 1707 - Lot 16

"ROYAL BUILDING PROJECTS 1707 Iron case covered with leather in the style of a binder. Boards stamped with the great arms of France in gold. Edges decorated with iron, in alternating fleur-de-lis and radiant sunburst boxes, with fleur-de-lis semis on tongues. Decorated on the edge with a red morocco title label marked "PROIETS DES BATIMENS DU ROY 1707". 44 x 30 x Ht 11 cm. With brass key chased with fleurs-de-lis. Early 18th century (heavy wear). History : Under the Ancien Régime, the administration of the Bâtiments du roi, part of the Département de la Maison du roi, was mainly responsible for work commissioned by the sovereign in his residences in and around Paris. In 1707, the superintendent of the King's buildings was Jules Hardouin Mansart, the King's 1st architect.