Books and Manuscripts · Los 2292
[Firefighting]. Heide, J. van der and Heide de Jonge, J. van der. Beschryving der nieuwlijks uitgevonden en geoctrojeerde Slang-Brand-Spuiten, en haare wyze van Brand-Blussen, Tegenwoordig binnen Amsterdam in gebruik zijnde. Behelzende wijders aanwijzing van 't verschil tusschen haare uitwerking, en die van d'oude Blus-gereedschappen en Spuiten; zó uit de werktuigen zelve, als uit de blussing der Branden, welke binnen deeze Stad, onder 't gebruik van beyde, zijn voorgevallen. Nevens Beschrijving der Brand-ordres van de Stad Amsterdam.
Amst., J. Rieuwertz., 1690, 1st ed., (8),50,(2); (1)p., 5 (of 7) double-p. and 12 full-p. plates, contemp. hroan, folio.
- Los
- 2292
- Auktion
- Auction 84, 19-22 May 2026
- Abteilung
- OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Schätzpreis
- 1.000 € – 1.500 €
- Fotos
- 3 Fotos
Zustand
Lacks 2 plates (no. 3 and 19); first plate a few vague folds and a vague stain in lower margin; text leaves occas. sl. frayed in blank margins and partly vaguely waterstained in upper margin (not affecting the plates!). Binding worn along extremities (corners dam.).
Anmerkungen
The plates are all printed in strong impressions. Interesting variant of the copy listed by F.M. 2301: all but 4 plates (from no.5 onwards) numbered one number lower in the plate than in F.M.: 5 (= F.M. 6), 6 (= 7) etc., suggesting that this is an early version of the rare first edition, before the numbering of the plates had become definite. See also Hollstein 1-19. The spectacular plates show the artistic talents of Van der Heide Senior, who was not only a wellknown painter, but also a gifted inventor. The book describes and illustrates several fires in Amsterdam during 1652-1684, and the implements used before and after the introduction of the author's new hose-pump. The fire fighting classic, rarely found in the first edition.