RONDELET (Jean-Baptiste). Theoretical and practical treatise on the art of building. Paris, Chez l'auteur, 1812-1817. 4 volumes in 5 volumes in-4, fawn half calf, ornate spine, marbled edges (Binding of the period). Expanded second edition of one of the first encyclopaedic reference works on construction and architecture. It contains 194 engraved plates, most of them folding, by Baltard, Gaitte, J.-E. Thierry, Thierry Neveu, Adam, some drawn by Delerue or Rondelet himself. Spines rubbed, brown spots.