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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

 Bookbinding, G.W. Dijsselhof, 1903.


Creator

 G. W. Dijsselhof (boekbinder/bookbinder)


Year

 1903


Type

 boekband, binding


Measurements

 22,5 x 18,5 x 2,5 cm.


Related term

 boekbanden, goudstempelen, leer


Period

 20e eeuw


Classification

 F: Bindkunst


Content

 Half-leather band, gold-tooled. A green upper and lower board is decorated with golden flowers. Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof was a known representative of the 'Nieuwe Kunst' (Dutch Art Nouveau) movement. The book itself is decorated with woodcuts by Dijsselhof.


Original

 Crane, Walter - Kunst en samenleving: naar Walter Crane's Claims of Decorative Art [...]. - 2e herz. dr. - Amsterdam: Scheltema en Holkema, 1903.


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1363 F 61


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 Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek