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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
 Page from the type specimen of Broese & Comp., Breda, 1838

Creator
 Broese & Comp. (uitgever/publisher)

Year
 1838

Type
 tekstbladzijde, page

Measurements
 27,3 cm.

Related term
 letterproeven, lettertypen

Period
 19e eeuw

Classification
 C: Paleografie, letterontwerp, lettertypen, lettergieten, schrift

Content
 This is the first type specimen of Broese and Comp., founded in Breda in 1837 and one of the type foundries operating in the Netherlands during the first decades of the 19th century. A large number of types in this type specimen is derived from matrices, taken over from the type foundry of C.J. Hartung in Antwerp, who in turn had bought them from a French firm.

Original
 Proeve van letteren en vignetten, welke gegoten worden in de lettergieterij van Broese & Comp. (Eerste cahier). - Breda: Broese & Comp, 1838, titelblad

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Amsterdam Bibliotheek KVB Universiteitsbibliotheek UVA