ROUBO, Andr©e Jacob. L'Art du Menuisier [from: L'Académie des Science, description des arts et métiers, 1791-89]. [Paris: de l'imprimerie de L.F. Delatour], 1769-1775. 3 volumes [containing: pt. I & II Menuisier; pt. III section I L'art du menuisier-carrossier, section II L'art du menuisier en meubles, and section III L'art du menisier ébéniste; pt. IV L'art du treillageur, ou menuiserie des jardins), 2° (430 x 284mm). Divisional title for each part or section, 383 engraved plates including plate 107bis in the last part, a few folding, by Laurent, Berthault, Beurlier, Benard, Bichard, C. & E. Haussard, le Roy and Pelletier, after Roubo, plate no. 128 bound-in twice (lightly browned and some spotting, stronger on some leaves, a few marginal clean tears, upper and lower margin of plate 239 cropped). Contemporary mottled calf, contrasting lettering-pieces (head and tail of spines chipped and leather flakey, joints of vol. I cracked but firmly holding, some rubbing and scuffing). Provenance: Pierre Pascal (19th-century ownership inscription on divisional titles). FIRST EDITION of the principal work on wood-carving and joinery of the 18th century. Berlin Katalog 1263. (3)