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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
ALDINI, GIOVANNI. Habillement du Pompier pour le préserver de l'Action de la Flamme. Hand-colored etched frontispiece depicting a test of Aldini's fire-resistant helmet and suit. 15, [1] (of [3]) pages; lacks last leaf listing firefighting paraphernalia exhibited in Milan in 1828. 8vo, 219x135 mm, contemporary blank wrappers, somewhat spotted and soiled; contents foxed; partly unopened. Milan: Imprimerie Impériale et Royale, [1828]
only edition in french of the first description of the use of asbestos to create protective clothing and other gear for firefighters; an Italian version was published the same year. A professor of experimental physics at Bologna and nephew of Luigi Galvani, Aldini (1762-1834) was better known for his work on galvanism and animal electricity. Not in ABPC; RBH cites only the copy offered by Goodspeed in 1963, and none at auction.
