".: Paris, Noblet et Baudry, 1863, Baudry 1866, 2 vols lg in-4°, 35 x 27 cm, engr. title (Boullay), 114 pp + 100 plates, some on double page ; 86 pp + 100 pl., some folding, contemporary quarter black morocco , raised and gilt back, marbled endpapers. Very handsome copies with no stains or foxing. The two volumes illustrate details taken from renaissance and post-renaissance buildings, ranging from Versailles to private houses. The first volume covers the period to the death of Louis XIV, the second covers the reigns of Louis XIV, XV and XVI."