Mémoire sur les diverses méthodes inventées jusqu'à présent, pour garantir les édifices d'incendie [...].

4to: [4]-39 pp. (title sl. soiled, folded corners).

Sewed, origin. blue wrappers (spine reinforced with marbled paper, sm. stains, folds).

First edition of this rare study made for the Theresian Academy of Brussels, by the Abbott Mann (1735-1809), member of this academy and canon in the collegiate church of Kortrijk. He was sent to England to examine methods invented by Hartley and Lord Mahon. 1 engr. in text.
Ref. Kress B.131. - Biogr. nat. XIII-343/355. - Opac KBR (calls for 27 pp. supplement).
Prov. Dr. A.J.J. Vandevelde, Ghent (stamp).
Joined, 5 rare Belgian 19th-c. books on the same subject, mostly by authors who were members of Belgian fire brigades: 1. Paulin, Gustave - Théorie sur l'extinction des incendies, ou Nouveau manuel du sapeur-pompier [...]. Édition belge [...]. Brussels, Journal des Économistes, 1844. 12mo: xv-[1]-236 pp.; 15 fold. pl. (brown., some sm. stains, cut on title without loss of text, contemp. ms. note on verso of half-title). Contemp. green half-shagreen, gilt decorated spine on raised bands. Belgian edition of this French manual, enlarged with various Belgian regulations. Prov. Lorent, second-lieutenant of the fire brigade of Brussels, 1858 (ms. mention on p. 1).-- 2. Instruction sur le service & l'entretien des pompes à incendie. Brussels, Impr. militaire de E. Guyot, 1874. 16mo: 38 pp. Contemp. half garnet cloth, flat spine, gilt title (rubbed, faded spine). Ref. Not in De Le Court. - No copy in UniCat. Bound with: Règlements sur les exercices & les manoeuvres de l'artillerie. Titre II. Exercices gymnastiques. Ibid., 1873. 87 pp.-- 3. Welsch, J.A. - Les incendies dans les manufactures [...]. Ghent, A. Hoste, 1893. 8vo: viii-167 pp.; fig. in text. Contemp. red half-shagreen, gilt decorated spine on raised bands (sl. rubbing on spine, boards sl. soiled). By the Captain-Commandant of the fire brigade of Ghent.-- 4. Bicheroux, Th. - École du pompier et règlement des maneuvres [...]. Brussels, L'auteur (imp. E. Bruylant), 1901. 16mo: 320 pp.; 3 pl., many full-page ill.. Modern red cloth, flat spine, gilt title. 2nd ed. (1st ed.: 1894), by a lieutenant in the fire brigade of Brussels. Prov. "Le commandant des pompiers de Bruxelles" (armorial stamp).-- 5. Dutoit, Albert - Manuel du volontaire-pompier tournaisien [...]. Tournai, Vasseur-Delmée, 1901. 12mo: 178-[1] pp. Publisher's decorated cloth with blazon of the city Tournai. Issued in 225 copies, ill. with 19 photographic pl. by Julien Philippart, Sergeant-Major in the volunteer fire brigade. The author was Captain-Commandant of the fire brigade of Tournai. Nice copy. Ref. UniCat (only 1 copy, KBR). (6 vol.)