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Title
The printing house of Laurens Jansz Coster in 1440
Creator
Scriverius, Petrus (auteur/author), Velde, Jan van de (graveur/engraver), Saenredam, Pieter Jansz (illustrator), Rooman, Adriaen (drukker/printer)
Year
1628
Type
illustratie, illustration
Measurements
16 x 12 cm.
Related term
boekdrukkunst, boekdrukkerijen
Period
17e eeuw
Classification
D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst
Content
The printing house of Laurens Jansz. Coster in 1440, as it was assumed to look in the 17th century. The printing press is not shown correctly: the engraver did not know how to depict the bails and the connections of parts as well as the mechanism are not very clear. Yet the print is based on a drawing by Pieter Jansz Saenredam, who depicts a printing press of the 17th century much more accurately.
Original
Scriverius, Petrus. - Laure-kranz voor Laurens Koster van Haerlem [etc., opgenomen in: Ampzing, Samuel. - Beschryvinge ende lof der stad Haerlem in Holland, etc.] - Haarlem: A. Rooman, 1628, t.o. p. 100.
available in
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 6 D 5 [2]
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek