Folio. Engraved title and 32.60 pages. With 8 copperplate engravings on plates, 5 of which are full-page and 3 double-page and folded. Flamed brown original leather binding with marbled paper endpapers on 6 frets with spine title and full gilt edges. - Rare first edition on the art and craft of porcelain making. This work provides a detailed technical overview of the manufacturing and decoration methods. Milly describes the previously well-kept secrets of porcelain production in the Ludwigsburg and Dresden manufactories. The work shows, in copperplate engravings, the equipment and work typical of a porcelain factory in the 18th century. A beautiful, wide-margined, untrimmed copy in an original leather binding from the 18th century.