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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 printer, second half 16th century


Creator

 Amman, Jost (illustrator), Sachs, Hans (auteur/author)


Year

 1568


Type

 illustratie, illustration


Related term

 boekdrukkerijen, houten handpersen, zetten, inkten, inleggers


Period

 16e eeuw


Classification

 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst


Content

 Famous early picture of a printer, inking with two great ink balls filled with horsehair the forme which consists of a frame on which the pages have been firmly fixed. In the background two compositors are working at their cases.


Original

 Amman, Jost en Sachs, Hans. - Eygentliche beschreibung aller Stände auff Erden, hoher und nidriger, geistlicher und weltlicher, aller Kunsten, Handwerken und Händeln. - Frankfurt am Main: S. Feyerabend, 1568, p. 19.


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek