[Collective] Choix d'Edifices Publics projetés et construits en France depuis le début du XIXème siècle. Paris, Louis Colas, 1825 to 1850, 3 volumes in-folio bound in half-chagrin, one corner broken in volume 1. Illustrated with 386 plates out of 387 announced, and 4 tables (volume 1: 131 plates +1 table - volume 2: 131 plates +1 table and volume 3: 124 plates +2 tables). Free of foxing except in the text of volume 2 and the 1st plate of volume 3. First edition.

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