Joly (Jules de) Plans, Coupes, Élevations et Détails de la Restauration de la Chambre des Députés, 35 engraved plates, some foxing, especially to title, ex-library copy with perforated stamp to lower margin of title and a few text leaves and plates, contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked in calf with burgundy morocco label, large folio, Paris, 1840.

⁂ Account of one of the most symbolically significant building projects of early nineteenth century France: the Chambre des Députés in the old Palais Bourbon, the focal point of the constitutional monarchy. It was equally important architecturally for its advances in building technology, particularly the use of iron roof trusses in roofing large spaces.