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This image bank contains approximately 1400 digitized images about the history of the printed book in the Netherlands, largely originating from the collections of the KB. The images can be downloaded and used with the stated credit line.
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Title

 "De wolf en de ezel", from the "Dyalogus creaturarum", printed by Gheraert Leeu, Gouda, 1481


Creator

 anoniem/anonymous (auteur/author), Leeu, Gheraert (drukker/printer), Pergamenus, Nicolaus (auteur/author), De Mayneriis, Mayno (auteur/author)


Year

 4 apr. 1481


Type

 illustratie, illustration


Measurements

 11,1 x 7,9 cm.


Related term

 volksboeken, incunabelen, houtsnede, illustraties


Period

 15e eeuw


Classification

 E: Boekillustratie


Content

 Illustration by an anonymous artist from a collection of fables and exempla, rendered in 122 dialogues between animals and humans with 120 woodcuts coloured in the 17th century. In this type of incunabulum the woodcut became the most customary technique for illustrations.


Original

 [Nicolaus Pergamenus of Mayno de Mayneriis]. - Dyalogus creaturarum dat is twijspraec der creaturen. - Gouda: Gerard Leeu, 1481, dl. 2, fol. o4r


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 170 E 26


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek