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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 house c. 1870


Creator

 Walburg Pers (uitgever/publisher)


Year

 1993


Type

 illustratie, illustration


Measurements

 11 x 16 cm.


Related term

 boekdrukkerijen, snelpersen, stoompersen, drukken


Period

 19e eeuw


Classification

 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst


Content

 Printing house with a cylinder press driven by steam, one of the most important modernization that increased production, saved costs in printing, and which became genarally used in Dutch printing shops after 1850. On the left, a large steam boiler is in operation which supplies power to the machines.


Original

 Voorheen en thans, Den Haag, 1872


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 uitgever