EMY (Officer). L'Art de bien faire les glaces d'office; ou les vrais principes pour congeler tous les rafraîchissons. The way to prepare all kinds of compositions, the way to set them, to form fruits, cannelons, and all kinds of cheeses. With a treatise on foams. Paris, Le Clerc, 1768. In-12, marbled basane, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (Binding of the period). First edition of the first book devoted exclusively to ice creams and sorbets, with almost 150 recipes, as well as whipped cream-based mousses. The colouring technique is explained. The edition is illustrated with a frontispiece and 2 plates of utensils: ice-cream makers, beakers, churns, moulds and ice-cellars. Fine restorations to corners, headpieces and spines. Vicaire, 328 - Bitting, 144 - Cagle, n°182 - Livres en bouche, n°220.