Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Berigt, rakende 't gebruik der slang-brand-spuiten : figure, vertoonende A. de brand-spuit, en B. deslefs A Anbrenger, zo als die met haar toebehoren altyd in de brand-spuit-huisjes gereed moeten staan, om na den brand gebracht en gebruikt te werden.

Accession number
PML 63061.5
Creator
Heyden, Jan van der, 1637-1712.
Published
[Amsterdam?] : Gedrukt voor Jan van der Heyde, en Jan van der Heyde, de Jonge, General Brand-Meesters Stad Amsterdam, [17--?]
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mr. Henry S. Morgan, 1972.
Notes
This edition of van der Heyden's broadside, the illustration shows a fire hose over two wooden structures, without wheels and a lantern in the middle of the print. Parts labeled C through Q; image: 13.1 x 19.6 cm; plate mark: 14 x 20.5 cm.
Text formatted in two columns/pages with engraved diagrammatic illustration of a fire pump, hose, and related equipment, on the lfet, and instructions for their use on the right, under the caption heading: Instructie van 't gebruik in ongeval van brand.
Labeled parts: C. hand-bomen; D. spuit-slang; D. suit-pyp; F. zuyg-pomp; G. inloop end; H. gereedschap-zak; I. tou; K. trek-tou; L. water-slangs-bak; M. balans; N. hand-boom; O. drie leeren; P. drie lampetten; Q. hand-lantaren.
This item is bound into PML 63061 with 12 other prints/broadsides relating to fire extinction and fire engines.
Description
1 sheet ([2] pages) : illustration (engraving) ; 31.1 x 40.2 cm
Provenance
Captain F.C. Brooke.
Classification
Department