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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

 Draw of a lottery in the Grote Zaal van het Hof in The Hague, 1777


Creator

 Mourik, Bernardus (graveur/engraver), Mourik, Bernardus (uitgever/publisher)


Year

 1777


Type

 illustratie, illustration


Measurements

 16,5 x 12 cm.


Related term

 boekhandels


Period

 18e eeuw


Classification

 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst


Content

 This 'Kunstige Plaat, naauwkeurig afgeteekend' (Artful plate, precisely drawn) is derived from "De maandelykse Nederlandsche Mercurius" of August 1777 and shows the draw of the Generaliteits lottery which took place on 25 August 1777 in the 'Great Hall of the Court' (the Hall of Knights) in The Hague. We can see how on the platform the result of the national lottery was determined with the aid of a sort of wheel of fortune. To the left and right are the bookstalls which were let to booksellers from The Hague.


Original

 De maandelykse Nederlandsche Mercurius, geevende een volledig bericht van alles, wat'er aanmerkenswaardig ieder maand, in Europa is voorgevallen [...] Als mede het voornaamste kerknieuws der Luthersche gemeentens [...]. - Amsterdam, Bernardus Mourik, augustusi 1777 t.o.p. 40.


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Den Haag Gemeentearchief