[William CHAMBERS] A. PAULIN, Traité d'architecture théorique et pratique, à l'usage des architectes, maîtres-maçons, charpentiers, menuisiers, sculpteurs, marbriers, etc., Paris, Jean, 1824; 1 vol. in-folio: 24 p., 1pl; 1bis, 58 pl. num. 1-58. Green paper cover. Reprint under Paulin's name of the original 18th-century copperplates of Williams Chambers' treatise on civil architecture, in its French version by Le Rouge. Except for a first geometry plate, numbered 1bis, signed by Paulin. Very good condition as issued. Very fine plates concerning orders, ornamentation, models of monumental doors, caryatids and telamons, projects for triumphal arches (including one by Loriot), kiosks, theatrical decoration, gardens, including the "Maison de ville et de campagne de Morel", rue du Mont Parnasse. Paulin, also known as Paulin Desormaux, was an active contributor to Editions Roret, particularly well versed in popularization. Here, he signs a work that does not belong to him!