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ROUBO, ANDRE JACOB. L'art du Menuisier [from: Academie des Sciences, Descriptions des Arts et Metiers]. [Paris: for the Academie, by imprimerie L.F. Delaporte] 1769-75. 6 parts [i.e. Menuisier Parts I and II; Part III, section I: Menuisier-Carrossier; Part III, section II: Menuisier en Meubles; Part III, section III: Menuisier Ebeniste; Part IV: Menuiserie des Jardins], bound in 3 vols., large folio, modern quarter calf antique, spines handsomely gilt-tooled and with red morocco labels, uncut, some browning. FIRST EDITION, letterpress title to each part, continuous pagination, 383 engraved plates, including plate 107 bis at end, many folding, by Benard, Berthault, Beulier, Bichard, Cor, Haussard, Laurent, le Roy, Michelinot, Milsan, Pelletier and Roubo, after Roubo. (3)