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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

 `De boekdrukker', from "Letter geschenk voor de lieve jeugd", Sneek c. 1800


Creator

 Holtkamp, F. (uitgever/publisher)


Year

 ca. 1800


Type

 illustratie, illustration


Measurements

 10,7 x 18,7 cm.


Related term

 kinderboeken, boekdrukkunst


Period

 18e eeuw


Classification

 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst, M43: Taalwetenschap, letterkunde: andere Germaanse talen


Content

 This children's book consists of a number of explanatory verses and pictures about all sorts of things such as: the fool, the learned man, the greengrocer, a man-of-war, the five senses, faith, hope and charity and the Palace on the Dam. The printer shares the page with the pancake booth, the postman and the roundabout. The accompanying rhyme tells the children that printing books is the noblest of the arts, for `it makes the stupid wise'.


Original

 Letter geschenk voor de lieve jeugd. - Sneek : F. Holtkamp, s.a. [ca. 1800], p. 14


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1090 H 126


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek