Author: [COOKERY] LACAM, Pierre & CHARABOT, Antoine
Title: Le Glacier Classique Et Artistique En France Et En Italie
Description: Paris & Vincennes, Chez Les Auteurs, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary red morocco leather and marbled boards (5-1/4" x 8-1/2"); (iv), 374 pages with 28 illustrations in the text. One of the first thousand printed with stamped signatures of the authors on the verso of the half title. Extremely rare and sought-after treatise on ice cream, confectioners, and pastry from the 13th to the end of the 19th century. Pierre Lacam was head pastry chef and ice cream maker to His Highness S. Charles III, Prince of Monaco, and Antoine Charabot was pastry chef and ice cream maker at the Grand Hotel Quirinal in Rome, the Savoy, and other establishments. After the foreword and the biographies with engraved portraits of the great modern glaciers (Procope, Tortoni, Appert, Chevet, Lulli), the authors discuss various ingredients for cooking and baking and list 406 recipes developed by the authors. Not in BITTING, VICAIRE, or other bibliographies, with the exception of CAGLE 255 which does not, however, mention the 2 out-of-text portraits that some copies seem to include and which are not present here. With the bookplate on the front pastedown of Carl and Shirley Sontheimer, founders of Cuisinart and noted antiquarian cookbook collectors. Toning to text, some leaves a bit soiled or loose with one repaired at gutter with tape and frayed a bit at edges. Binding sound. Good to Very Good and quite scarce .

Keywords: Cookery, Gastronomy, 19th Century, Ice Cream, Desserts Cookbooks Ice Cream Desserts Cookery


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