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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

 Printing shop at the end of the 16th century


Creator

 Stradanus, Giovanni [Straet, Jan van der] (illustrator), Galle, Pilips (uitgever/publisher), Collaert, Hans (graveur/engraver)


Year

 [1587-1589]


Type

 prent, print


Measurements

 20,3 x 27,3 cm


Related term

 boekdrukkerijen, drukken, zetten, inkten, corrigeren


Period

 16e eeuw


Classification

 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst


Content

 This illustration gives a good examples of a late 16th-century printing house in the Netherlands. It shows, for example., how copy is composed and how some more than man-sized presses are operated. Printed sheets are hanging up to dry from a few stretched lines. The print is part of `Nova reperta', a series of prints after a design by the Bruges artist Jan van der Straet (or Stradanus) which depicts all the important inventions and discoveries knownat the time.


Original

 Stadanus, Giovanni. - Nova reperta, Antwerpen, Filips Galle, [1587-1589].


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Amsterdam Rijksmuseum Rijksprentenkabinet