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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

 Warehouse and office of a papermaker, 18th century


Creator

 Luiken, Jan (auteur/author), Noorde Cornelis van (graveur/engraver), Bohn, C.H. (uitgever/publisher)


Year

 1767


Type

 illustratie, illustration


Measurements

 8,5 x 7,5 cm


Related term

 papierhandel, papierfabrikeurs, factors


Period

 18e eeuw


Classification

 B: Schriftdragers, inkt


Content

 This print shows a warehouse and office of a papermaker, with the paper mill in the background to the right. A customer is holding the paper to the light to look at the watermark and to check the quality. Paper was traded by `factors': paper merchants. Their names and those of the papermaker were often shown in a watermark by initials.


Original

 Luiken, Jan. - Het overvloeijend herte, of Nagelatene verzen van den Godvruchtigen Jan Luyken. - Haarlem: C.H. Bohn, 1767, p. 98


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1350 C 94


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek