Rutter, J(ohn). The whole of the gas lighting, according to their current point of view. Or practical instruction to extract the luminous gas from mineral, vegetative and animal substances, to illuminate entire cities, as well as individual factory buildings and residential buildings by gas in the most preliminary way, and to produce portable gas lamps, along with description and illustration of all necessary equipment, according to their most appropriate equipment and construction. Edited after English and increased with additions. XIV S., 1 Bl., 434 S. With 10 folded lithographic plates.18 x 10.5 cm. Marbled cardboard tape from the beginning (minimum impact) with green back shield. Quedlinburg and Leipzig, Gottfried Basse, 1835. Schivelbusch 152. Engelmann 316. Malberg 24. See Boase in BBA I, 958, Fiche 92. – The only German edition. Extensive presentation of the history and development of gas lighting in Great Britain from the beginnings until 1835. Section 1 (p. 5-71) deals with the different types of gas, their source materials and production. Section 2 (p. 72-358) on the equipment required for gas production, including the developments of Samuel Clegg, George Lowe, Edward Cowper and James Malam. The third section on the use of gas in buildings without a public connection. Off. 407 of the appendix of Rutter "Bemerkungen über Gas-Bereitung und Beleuchtung", which is a translation of his 1833 essay "Practical observations on gas-lightning". Rutter (1799-1888) was a superintendent of the Brighton gas light and coke Co. between 1835 and 1888 and is also considered one of the leading English gas engineers between 1830 and 1850. Table 4 with small hole, Table 9 browned in the fold. Overall good specimen.