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Title
Title page with printer's device of a 16th-century schoolboek, Deventer, c. 1515
Creator
Mantuanus, Baptista (auteur/author), Borne, Theod. de (drukker/printer)
Year
ca. 1515
Type
titelblad, title page
Measurements
20 x 14 cm.
Related term
schoolboeken, titelpagina's, drukkersmerken, gebruikerssporen
Period
16e eeuw
Classification
M43: Taalwetenschap, letterkunde: andere Germaanse talen, D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst
Content
The title page of this small schoolbook has a printer's device as illustration in which the various printer's activities are clearly seen. On the left the compositor is working at his case, in the centre the printer is operating the press and to the left of him a boy with two ink balls in his hands. On the right a gentleman in beautiful 16th-century clothing (the author or corrector?) holds a printed sheet. Theodoor de Borne was a typical Deventer printer who published predominantly schoolbooks and editions of classical authors. The inside of this copy also has many handwritten annotations.
Original
Mantuanus, Baptista. - Agon et historia beatissime virginis Margarete. - Deventer, Theod. de Borne, [ca. 1515], titelpagina
available in
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 2901 C 9
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek