LE LIEUR (Jacques). Le Livre enchaîné ou Livre des fontaines de Rouen, manuscript from the Rouen library 1524-1525 by Jacques LE LIEUR [...] published in full by Victor SANSON[...] I. Text. II. Plates. Rouen, Imprimerie Lucien Wolf, 1911. 2 vol. in-folio (51 x 41 cm for the vol. of text, 45.5 x 34.5 cm for the vol. of plates), red half-chagrin with corners, spines with 2 ornate nerfs, fillets drilled on the boards, title of the original slipcases preserved. Reproduction of the Livre des Fontaines, coloured by Saudé. Limited edition of 250 numbered and initialled copies, this one being no. 15. The text volume comprises 81 pp. and 14 hand-coloured phototypeset plates on vellum reproducing illuminated pages from the manuscript and 2 views of Rouen (the large-scale view of 1525 and its reproduction by Jolimont). The album of plates includes a scale reproduction of the fountain courtyards in 84 colour plates (nos. 1 to 81, 49 bis, 53 bis, 55 bis) and 2 unnumbered plates forming the assembly table. Jacques LE LIEUR (c. 1480, c. 1550), a notary and secretary to the King and an alderman of the city of Rouen, was commissioned in 1519 to study the city's water system and had maps made of each of the city's three main water supplies. The result is an illuminated work accompanied by 3 strips of parchment, each several metres long. As well as showing the course of the canals, these include faithful representations of the city's monuments and public buildings. In terms of their quality and historical interest, these parchments are among the most important in Rouen's archives. Abbot Victor SANSON was honorary chaplain to the Metropolis of Rouen. Ex-libris JM on the flyleaves. A fine copy including the large coloured view of Rouen which is almost always missing. Rare hardback.