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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

 Payment and transport of goods in barrels and bales, late 16th century


Creator

 Amman, Jobst (illustrator)


Year

 1585


Type

 illustratie, illustration


Related term

 distributie


Period

 16e eeuw


Classification

 G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij


Content

 The transport of books took place by wagon or by ship. For their protection they were packed in bales or barrels. Usually, printed books were sent in loose gatherings: binding took place when they arrived. Books often had to be transported over long distances which meant that they had to be transhipped or transferred one or more times. This was not a fool-proof system: mistakes, such as wrongly addressed or lost batches, might occur.


Original

 Amman, J. - Aigentliche Abbildung dess gantzen bewerbe der Kaufmannschafft [...]. - Augsburg, 1585.


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek