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Title

 A pedlar with books from the "Bredaesche Alamanac", Breda, 1664


Creator

 Santvoort, A. (illustrator), Vliet, Johannes van (auteur/author), Evermans, J. (drukker/printer)


Year

 1664


Type

 titelblad, title page


Measurements

 16 x 11,3 cm.


Related term

 ambulante boekhandelaars, almanakken


Period

 17e eeuw


Classification

 K: Maatschappelijke aspecten van boekproductie en -verspreiding, M0: Algemene werken: encyclopedieën, almanakken


Content

 Pedlar with his wares, consisting of all kinds of books, on the square in front of the Oldehove in Leeuwarden. Outside the regular trade in books, in the 17th and 18 centuries, a lively ambulatory trade existed. Pedlars travelling far and wide sold cheap piracies, pamphlets, songs, almanacs, newspapers and farcical booklets, often to the dissatisfaction of the established booksellers.


Original

 Vliet, Johannes van. - Bredaesche Almanac en Chronijck. - Breda: J. Evermans, 1664, titelpagina


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag pftl 8826


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek