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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

 Different typefaces, first half of the 19th century


Creator

 Cleef Jzn., P.M. van (auteur/author), Cleef Jzn., P.M. van (uitgever/publisher)


Year

 1844


Type

 boek, book


Measurements

 22 x 13,5 cm.


Related term

 drukkershandboeken, lettertypen, corps


Period

 19e eeuw


Classification

 C: Paleografie, letterontwerp, lettertypen, lettergieten, schrift


Content

 In the Netherlands and France other standards were used for calculating the type size. On these two pages, published in the first printed printer's manual in Dutch from 1844, the relationship between the different types of both countries is explained.


Original

 Cleef Jzn., P.M. van. - Handboek ter beoefening der boekdrukkunst in Nederland : voorafgegaan van eene beknopte geschiedenis dezer kunst. - Hilversum, 1844, p. 40-41


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 972 C 81


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek