François-Jacques DELANNOY signed autograph letter architect measurement Paris

  
Gap without loss of text, collection label. Regarding the "toisé" (measure based on the toise) of a property on rue de Louvois in Paris "which is accurate to perhaps a few feet." The toisé has been complicated by the existence of cellars and buildings on the party wall. He concludes that the price of 55,000 francs is low ("agreed at 500 francs per toise") and reasonable.

He urges his correspondent to expedite the conclusion of this matter. Delannoy is best known for having built the Théâtre du Conservatoire and the Galerie Vienne.