Paris moderne. Troisième partie. Maisons de campagne et constructions rurales des environs de Paris

First edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 159 plates drawn and engraved by the author, all numbered.
Contemporary half brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with fillets, rubbed and scuffed. 2 holes at foot. Uncut copy, the leaves having slightly different dimensions. Some plates browner. Occasional light foxing. A dampstain in the middle of the upper margin on the first 12 leaves, fading.
Projects executed between 1828 and 1845 by architects of the period (Visconti, Dubois, Morey, Durand...). Each construction comprises about 4 plates of plans and sections. Farms, Houses, Schools, kiosks, chalets, cottages... One can distinguish a clear tendency toward historicism and exoticism with numerous borrowings, moreover very diverse.