Fires Improvd Being A New Method Of Building Chimneys So As To Prevent Their Smoking In Which A Small

by Nicolas Gauger

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First edition

London: printed for J. Senex and E. Curll, 1715. First edition in English, being a translation of Gauger's translation of Mécanique du feu Paris, 1713 , with additions; 12mo, pp. 12 , 7-161, 12 ; 9 engraved folding copperplates the first two slightly dampstained at the top, 1 other with a short repair in the upper corner - no loss - and one with a ragged lower margin - again, no loss ; advertisement leaf in neat facsimile; joints starting, but in

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