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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

 Two pages from the minute book of the booksellers' guild in Amsterdam, 1808


Year

 1808


Type

 handschrift, manuscript


Related term

 beroepsverenigingen, gilden, gildenarchieven


Period

 19e eeuw


Classification

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


Content

 Minutes of the booksellers' guild in Amsterdam from 25 January to 21 March 1808. Once the guilds were abolished in 1798 their existence continued to be a matter of discussion. In 1808, they were able, through the 'Corporations Act' of 1808, to function as corporations, to some extent like the former guilds. That lasted until 1810: after the annexation by France the centralising measures by Napoleon were also introduced throughout the Netherlands. For the book trade this meant a restriction on the number of printing presses and booksellers.


Original

 Notulen van 1805-1812


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Amsterdam Bibliotheek KVB Universiteitsbibliotheek UVA