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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

 The exhibition room in the library of the Peace Palace in The Hague, 1935


Creator

 Zwart, Piet (vormgever/designer), Sijthoff, A.W. (uitgever/publisher)


Year

 1935


Type

 illustratie, illustration


Related term

 institutionele bibliotheken, tentoonstellingen (boeken-)


Period

 20e eeuw


Classification

 J: Bibliotheken en instellingen, D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst


Content

 The library of the Peace Palace in The Hague holds a large collection of "Grotiana", works by and about Hugo de Groot, the founder of international law. The library also contains a number of precious old prints in the field of the history of law and associated fields from the collection of De Groot. In 1935 a booklet appeared about the library from which this photograph montage by Piet Zwart originates.


Original

 De bibliotheek van het Vredespaleis : doel, omvang, inrichting en gebruik / [artistieke verzorging door Piet Zwart]. - Leiden : Sijthoff, 1935, niet gepagineerd.


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 948 D 58


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek