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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

 Type cases in the Plantin-Moretus Museum


Creator

 Haan, M. de (auteur/author), Hogenhout, J. (auteur/author), Aleva, L. (fotograaf/photographer), Visser, F. (fotograaf/photographer)


Year

 [ca. 1980]


Type

 dia, slide


Related term

 letterkasten, onderkast, bovenkast


Period

 17e eeuw


Classification

 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst


Content

 Cast type was stored in two separate composition cases placed one on top of the other. The lower case served for the small letters and the upper case for the capitals (capitals and small capitals). Here type cases as they were used in the seventeenth century can be seen.


Original

 Haan, M. de; Hogenhout, J; Aleva, L en Visser, F. - Plantijn bij voorbeeld. Boekdrukken in de 16e en 17e eeuw. [Toelichting bij een serie dia's over het drukproces in de 16e en 17e eeuw, uitgegeven door het Museum Plantijn Moretus in Antwerpen, jaren tachtig vorige eeuw]


@description

 Antwerpen Museum Plantin Moretus


@reproduction

 Antwerpen Museum Plantin Moretus