Patte (Pierre) Monumens Érigés en France a la Gloire de Louis XV, first edition, engraved title-vignette and head-pieces, woodcut tail-pieces, 57 engraved plates, 17 double-page and 7 folding, privilege/errata leaf at end, title creased, occasional light spotting, mostly marginal, tear (repaired) and small hole to plate V, plate XXIV shaved at edges, one or two slightly frayed at edges, contemporary calf with decorative gilt-roll border, rubbed and scuffed, corners worn, rebacked, red morocco label, new endpapers, [Berlin Kat. 2516; Millard France 130], folio, Paris, the Author, Desaint & Saillant, 1765.

⁂ Important work on urban planning in eighteenth century France including proposals for what is now the Place de la Concorde as well as practical concerns such as sanitation and conservation.