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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

 The 'hollander room' of a paper mill, 19th century


Creator

 Sijthoff, A.W. (uitgever/publisher)


Year

 1874


Type

 illustratie, illustration


Measurements

 11 x 11 cm.


Related term

 papiermaken, papierfabrieken, Hollanders


Period

 19e eeuw


Classification

 B: Schriftdragers, inkt


Content

 Cross-section of a 19th-century room in which hollanders are placed to grind rags into pulp for paper making. The apparatus saw various changes since its invention in the 17th century. Until well into the 20th century the principle was to remain the same: a rectangular tub with a middle partition in which the pulp can circulate and with a system of knives finely cutting the rags.


Original

 Schrift en schrijfkunst. Het boekdrukken. Hout-, koper- en staalgraveerkunst. Het steendrukken en het boekbinden. - Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1874, p. 10


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 497 K 82


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek