Roubo Andre-Jacob
Andre Jacob (or Jacques) Roubo , cabinetmaker French, wire and grandson of Companions carpenters, received itself the title of Master in 1770.
He wrote a complete treaty on the Menuiserie which covers practically all the associated trades. Its work was initially published in Descriptions of Arts and Métiers" Academy of Science (Paris) and republished in 1977 then in 1982, with the format, by Leonce Laget. In 2002, the Library of the image published of it an edition with the format in-4°, of a more accessible price, and which contains " The Art of the layetier" , appeared in 1782. Work counts more than 1.340 pages like 389 boards engraved by itself. The work of Roubo is considered, even today, like the source of reference the most estimated on the subject. Roubo develops in details the technical knowledge of the trades of the joinery which entered a golden age at the time. The treaty of Roubo is de facto the guard of the " rules of the art". It also published, in 1777, a " Treaty of the construction of the theaters and the machines théâtrales" , at Jombert and Collot. For what touches with the organ, he collaborated with Dom Bedos of Those.
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