A Description of Fire Engines With Water Hoses and the Method of Fighting Fires Now Used in Amsterdam = Beschryving Der Nieuwlyks Uitgevonden en Geotrojeerde Slang-Brand-Spuiten en Haare Wyze Van Brand-Blussen, Tegenwoordig Binnen Amsterdam in Gebruik Zyn

Canton, MA: Science History Publications, 1996 (1735). Large quarto in black illus dust jacket; xxi, 100 pages: illustrations; 29 cm; bibliographical references. Fine copy in near fine(+) dust jacket. Light wear to edges and corners of DJ; light shelf-rubbing to DJ; otherwise clean boards have mild, barely noticeable sun-fading along very edge; else tight, gently loved copy; pages and illustrations are flawless, crisp, clean and free of marks and creases; binding is tight and square. . Hardcover. ISBN: 9780881351705

First English translation. Scarce. Translation is based on the 2nd ed., published: 1735. Fire fighting. Fire extinction -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Early works to 1800. Pumping machinery -- Early works to 1800. Fire engines -- Netherlands -- Early works to 1800. Fire pumps -- Early works to 1800. Fire engines. Fire extinction. Fire pumps. Pumping machinery. Brandweer. Waterpompen. Feuerwehr.