L'art du Menuisier. First edition.

First edition. Folio. 28.5 x 43 cm. 4 parts bound in 3 vols. Contemporary tree calf spines with later goatskin covers. Very good. 1312 pp. 365 of 382 plates. Interiors finely toned, with some creasing, more at edges, and intermittent, marginal foxing and staining throughout.Ref. Cole & Watts. Handicrafts of France, p. 34-35 ; Halleux, R. Académie royale des sciences de Paris, p. 522-525; OCLC Number 562990791:pt. 1-2. L'art du menuisier;pt. 3, sec. 1. L'art du menuisier-carrossier;pt. 3, sec. 2. L'art du menuisier en meubles;pt. 3, sec. 3. L'art du menuisier ébéniste;pt. 4. L'art du treillage, ou menuiserie des jardins;??Paged continuously; some additions and corrections inserted"Recueil de planches sur le sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication : ébénisterie-marqueterie" ([2] p., 10 leaves of plates)--inserted at end. These are plates from Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts, et des metiers?????????.André Jacob Roubo (1739-1791) was a French carpenter, cabinetmaker and author. Roubo was born and died in Paris, and was the son and grandson of master cabinetmakers. Roubo wrote several highly influential books on woodworking, an achievement which was especially notable given his relatively poor background and self-taught methods.His career was at its zenith in 1774 when he published his masterwork treatise on woodworking, titled L'Art du Menuisier. This lseminal work covered practically all methods and trades associated with woodworking. Another of Roubo's legacies still used today is a design for a workbench, which has proven to be popular amongst modern woodworkers.Provenance: bookplates of Robert Stanton FAIA - Architect. Robert Stanton (1900-1983) was an American architect. A resident of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, he practiced primarily in the central California coastal region, and was responsible for a variety of eclectic buildings, most notably the Monterey County Court House and the King City Joint Union High School Auditorium, both listed on the National Register of Historic Places.…