LE CARPENTIER (Matthieu). Recueil des plans, coupes et élévations du nouvel hôtel de ville de Rouen, dont la construction a été commencé en mai 1757 [...] Paris, Jombert, 1758. Large folio (50 x 33 cm) in brown calf, smooth spine decorated with a gilt roulette throughout, triple gilt fillet framing the covers with gilt flowers in the corners, small gilt coat of arms in the centre of the covers (period binding). The coat of arms is to be compared with that of the town of Chalons sur Marne, although it is not exactly identical to the arms reproduced in O.H.R. (796). [2]-9 pp. The illustration consists of a dedication vignette, a double-page fold-out map of Rouen and 5 plates out of text. "The building was to stand at the western end of the Old Market and form the centre of a long, beautiful street, with the Cathedral and the Hôtel-Dieu at either end. A start was made on this project: the foundations were raised above ground level, and a million euros had already been spent, when the municipal administration, frightened by the enormity of the expenditure required to complete this grandiose plan, abandoned all work. Frère II, 181. Bookplate JM.