Le Carpentier (Matthieu) Recueil des Plans, Coupes et Elévations du Nouvel Hôtel de Ville de Rouen, only edition, half-title, engraved coat-of-arms to dedication, 6 engraved plates of which 3 folding and/or double-page plans, stitched in original blue wrappers, soiled and marked, [Berlin Kat. 2514; not in BAL, Fowler or Millard], folio, Paris, C.-A.Jombert, 1758.

⁂ Designs for a new town hall for the city of Rouen and for the city’s urban redevelopment but, although construction had been approved by Louis XV and had begun by the time of publication, enthusiasm for the project waned and the building was never completed. Le Carpentier had one of the most significant architectural practices of the time, designing a succession of major country houses and Parisian town houses for the French aristocracy.