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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

 Title page of the Nomenclator, the oldest catalogue of the Leiden University Library, 1595


Creator

 Bertius, Petrus (auteur/author), Raphelengius, Franciscus (uitgever/publisher)


Year

 1595


Type

 titelblad, title page


Measurements

 afmetingen onbekend


Related term

 bibliotheekcatalogi, collecties, titelpagina's


Period

 16e eeuw


Classification

 J: Bibliotheken en instellingen


Content

 Title page of the first printed catalogue of the Leiden University Library. Institutional libraries were greatly dependent on donors for the purchase of books. A library catalogue such as this was at the same time a means of encouraging potential donors to hand over books or money to the library.


Original

 Bertius, Petrus. - Nomenclator avtorvm omnivm, quorum libri vel manuscripti, vel typis expressi exstant in Bibliotheca Academiæ Lvgdvno-Batavæ : cum epistola de ordine eius atque vsu [...]. - Leiden: Franciscus Raphelengius, 1595, titelpagina


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Leiden Universiteitsbibliotheek