A Description of Fire Engines With Water Hoses and the Method of Fighting Fires Now Used in Amsterdam
102pp, with black and white illustrations. In brown cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Deep red endpapers. 4to. Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In a laminated, illustrated dust jacket, very slightly bumped on extreme edges. Originally published in 1680 by the Dutch fire chief, Van Der Heyden, this translation is based on the second edition of 1735. One of the most important sources on the history of fire-fighting.
