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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

 Interior of a printing shop annexe bookshop, 1499


Creator

 Husz, Mathias (drukker/printer)


Year

 1499


Type

 illustratie, illustration


Related term

 boekdrukkerijen, boekhandels, houten handpersen, drukken, zetten


Period

 15e eeuw


Classification

 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst


Content

 Oldest known picture of both a printing shop, a printing press and a bookshop. On the left, the printers are working, on the right we see a bookseller behind a counter. Death takes them all by the arm and from the dialogue below it appears that their final hour has come. The picture gives a nice indication of what a 15th-century printing house and bookseller's might have looked, also in our regions.


Original

 Anoniem. - La Grant Danse macabre des hommes et des femmes. - Lyon: Mathias Husz, 1499, p. 6


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek