Wolfgang Herrmann papers, 1924-1991.

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Wolfgang Herrmann papers, 1924-1991.

Research for publications about Marc Antoine Laugier, Claude Perrault, Antoine Desgodets, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, 17th-18th century French architectural theory and design generally, and Gottfried Semper. Most of the collection consists of notes, photographs (approx. 850), and photocopies of primary and manuscript sources assembled to prepare monographs on Laugier, Perrault, and Semper and articles on Desgodets and Ledoux.

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