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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

 Pages from a type specimen of Harmsen & Co., Amsterdam, 1804


Creator

 Harmsen & Co (uitgever/publisher)


Year

 1804


Type

 tekstbladzijde, page


Measurements

 afmetingen onbekend


Related term

 letterproeven, lettergieterijen, lettertypen


Period

 19e eeuw


Classification

 C: Paleografie, letterontwerp, lettertypen, lettergieten, schrift


Content

 Harmsen & Co., the type foundry of Gerrit Harmsen and his father-in-law Petrus Denijssen in Amsterdam, was the first in the Netherlands to put these kinds of decorative letters on the market. Most letters from the type specimen are based on the matrices of the type foundry of J. de Groot and his successors, originally established in The Hague. In 1818 Harmsen & Co. was sold to Enschedé, their only competitor in the first years of the 19th century.


Original

 [Letterproef van Harmsen & Co te Amsterdam]. - [Amsterdam: Harmsen & Co, 1804]


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Amsterdam Bibliotheek KVB Universiteitsbibliotheek UVA