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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

 Workshop of a bookbinder at the beginning of the nineteenth century.


Creator

 Maaskamp, E. (uitgever/publisher)


Year

 1809


Type

 prent, print


Measurements

 10 x 13 cm


Related term

 binderijen, boekbinden


Period

 19e eeuw


Classification

 F: Bindkunst


Content

 Illustration to go with a description of the art of bookbinding as an invention from the past: 'the science to fold a few leaves into pages, to place them on top of each other and fasten them together in such a way that the can be leafed through as a book and read, is from time to time brought to the present perfection.'


Original

 Fokke Simonsz., A. - Museum der merkwaardigste ontdekkingen en uitvindingen van vroegere en latere tijden. Alphabetisch beschreven voor jonge lieden. Uit het Hoogduitsch vertaald. - Amsterdam: E. Maaskamp, 1809. Dl. 1, t.o. p. 50.


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1088 E 101


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek