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Title

 An emblem book for children, second quarter of the eighteenth century


Creator

 Egmont, erven wed. J. van (drukker/printer)


Year

 na 1735


Type

 prent, print


Measurements

 18 x 11 cm.


Related term

 embleembundels, kinderboeken, typografische vormgeving, illustraties


Period

 18e eeuw


Classification

 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst, M43: Taalwetenschap, letterkunde: andere Germaanse talen, E: Boekillustratie


Content

 The pages of this octavo booklet were only printed on one side because the illustration showed through on the reverse side. The paper did, however, have to go through two different presses: a separate plate press had to be used for the copperplates. The copperplates are from the second half of the seventeenth century: just as the same woodblocks were endlessly used for woodcuts, it was also quite common for old copperplates to be used again and again.


Original

 LXVI bezondere zinne-beelden, voor-gesteld door [...] plaatjes: of Nut en vermaaklyk tyd-verdryf; verrykt met [...] veersjes. - Amsterdam: pr. erve wed. J. van Egmont, [s.d., 2e helft 17e eeuw], p. 43.


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 943 G 127


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek