MASTERS (Thomas): le livre de glace ou histoire concise et a - Lot 123

MASTERS (Thomas): le livre de glace ou histoire concise et abrégée de tout ce qui regarde la glace depuis son premier usage en Europe, comme article de luxe, jusqu'au temps présent. Lahoche, 1845. In-8 paperback, period blue dummy cover, IV and 120 pages (slight loss of paper at upper corner of cover, slight foxing, a few period annotations). First edition, complete with fold-out lithographed plate. This is the first book to deal with the subject after the invention of the first "refrigerating machines". Find out how to make ice cream, maintain your refrigerating machine, or make delicious fruit or even wine ice creams! The operation of the sorbetière and numerous recipes for ice creams, creams and other frozen desserts are explained in "Le Livre de Glace" (written by Thomas Masters), the 1845 French translation of which we offer here. Books on the subject of ice cream are extremely rare.