(ARCHITECTURE.) La Rue, Jean-Baptiste de. Traité de la Coupe des Pierres, ou par une Méthode facile & abregée, l'on peut aisément se perfectionner en cette Science. 140 full-page engraved illustrations (including numerous repetitions) on 71 leaves, including 21 folding; engraved lift-up flaps on plates 15, 33 bis, 42 bis, and 63 bis, the first and third loose. [18], 185, [1] pages, including engraved allegorical additional title. 5 parts in one volume with continuous pagination. Folio, 424x280 mm, 18th-century mottled sheep gilt stamped "J. B. DUMONTIER" on front cover, rebacked retaining original backstrip with 19th-century morocco lettering piece; scattered foxing, light streaks or stains, and marginalia on text leaves, title to third part heavily spotted, light soiling or offsetting on some plates. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1728