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L'Art de bien faire les Glaces d'Office ou les vrais principes pour congeler tous les Rafraichissemens, first edition, engraved frontispiece depicting cherubs making ices and 2 plates of utensils and moulds, 4pp. privilege and errata at end, title rather foxed, some spoting or light foxing, a few small stains, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments, joints starting, but holding firm, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting pp.144-145; Cagle 182; Vicaire 328], 8vo, Paris, chez Le Clerc, 1768. Provenance: Gaston Chandon de Briailles (booklabel). A member of the champagne dynasty of Moët & Chandon. Along with his brother Raoul Gaston founded Fort Chabrol, the first professional school for viticulture.

***The rare first edition of this charming work on ice-creams (fromages) and ices with an impeccable provenance. It includes one of the earliest references to the use of pineapples..