Cover illustrations: (central image) A furnace used in the processing of iron. Engraving, 18th century. Courtesy Wellcome Collection (30421i). Image in the public domain; (background image) Inferno, canto 37–39, A rain of fire hits the blasphemists.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Bernasconi, Gianenrico, 1973– editor. | Storni, Marco, 1990– editor.
Title: Early modern fire : science, technology, and the urban space / edited by Gianenrico Bernasconi, Marco Storni.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025. | Series: Intersections, 1568–1181 ; volume 95 | Includes bibliographical references and index.|
Identifiers: LCCN 2024035725 | ISBN 9789004521759 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004521766 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Fire—Europe—History—17th century. | Fire—Europe—History—18th century. | Firemaking—Europe—History—17th century. | Firemaking—Europe—History—18th century. | Firefighting—Europe—History—17th century. | Firefighting—Europe—History—18th century. | Urbanization—Europe—History—17th century. | Urbanization—Europe—History—18th century.
Classification: LCC GN416 .E37 2025 | DDC 541/.36109409032–dc23/eng/20240906
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024035725
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ISSN 1568-1181
ISBN 978-90-04-52175-9 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-52176-6 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004521766
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