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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 boekbinder', from Jan and Casper Luiken, "Spiegel van het menselyk bedryf", Amsterdam, 1749

Creator
 Luiken, Jan (illustrator), Luiken, Kasper (illustrator), Roman, de jonge, Jan (drukker/printer)

Year
 1749

Type
 illustratie, illustration

Measurements
 8,5 x 7,5 cm.

Related term
 boekhandels, binderijen, innaaien

Period
 18e eeuw

Classification
 F: Bindkunst, G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij

Content
 Booksellers were often also bookbinders, as is shown in this picture by Jan Luiken. The bookbinder, in the foreground at his sewing-frame, is engaged in sewing a book.

Original
 Luiken, Jan en Luiken, Kasper. - Spiegel van het menselyk bedryf, vertoonende honderd verscheiden ambachten, konstig afgebeeld, en met Godlyke spreuken en stichtelyke verzen verrykt. - Amsterdam: J. Roman de jonge, 1749, p 127.

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 192 B 16

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek