MAZES AND LABYRINTHS--A general account of their history and development by W. H. Matthews
Author:W. H. Matthews [Matthews, W.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mazes and Labyrinths by W.H. Matthews, Mazes, and, Labyrinths, by, W.H., Matthews
Publisher: Youcanprint
Published: 2017-03-22T16:00:00+00:00
Fig. 88. Labyrinth of Versailles. (Perrault)
FIG. 89.—Labyrinth of Versailles. Fable Group: ''The Hare and the Tortoise.'' (Perrault.)
FIG. 90.—Labyrinth of Versailles. Fable Group: ''The Fox and the Crow.''
(Perrault.)
FIG. 91.—Labyrinth of Versailles. Fable Group: ''The Snake and the
Porcupine.'' (Perrault.)
At the entrance to the labyrinth were placed symbolical statues of Aesop and Cupid, the latter holding in one hand a ball of thread. Each of the speaking characters represented in the fable groups emitted a jet of water, representing speech, and each group was accompanied by an engraved plate displaying more or less appropriate verses by the poet de Benserade.
We reproduce le Clerc's engravings of the groups illustrating respectively the fables of "The Hare and the Tortoise," "The Fox and the Crow," and "The Snake and the Porcupine." The water for all these elaborate waterworks was conveyed from the
Seine by a wonderful contrivance called the "Machine de Marli," constructed by
Swalm Renkin between 1675 and 1682. It is said to have cost the equivalent of £8,000,000 and contained fourteen water-wheels driving 253 pumps, some of which worked at a distance of three-quarters of a mile.
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