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Title
 Minutes of the booksellers' guild in Amsterdam, 1805-1812

Year
 1805-1812

Type
 handschrift, manuscript

Measurements
 afmetingen onbekend

Related term
 beroepsverenigingen, gilden, gildenarchieven

Period
 19e eeuw

Classification
 G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij, D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst

Content
 With the arrival of the Batavian Republic in 1798 all guilds were abolished, including that of the booksellers and printers. Now everyone could freely settle everywhere as bookseller or printer, a fact against which the former members of the guilds strongly resisted. In 1801 the guilds were admitted again, but their future remained uncertain and dependent on all kinds of ever-changing regulations. Only in 1818 did King William I cut the Gordian knot and the guilds were abolished once and for all.

Original
 Notulen van 1805-1812

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Amsterdam Bibliotheek KVB Universiteitsbibliotheek UVA