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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

 Business card of the Gebr. Diederichs, bookshop and reading library in Amsterdam, c. 1835


Year

 ca. 1835


Type

 advertentie, advertisement


Measurements

 12 x 8 cm.


Related term

 leesbibliotheken, reclame


Period

 19e eeuw


Classification

 G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij


Content

 Visiting card showing the premises of the Gebr. Diederichs (Georg Frederik and Pieter Arnold) on the Bloemmarkt in Amsterdam. There had been a reading establishment here from 1818 in which, for two stivers per volume, a maximum of four books could be borrowed. It was also possible to borrow periodicals which were brought to and picked up from the clients: the predecessor of the current magazine portfolio. The brothers sold the reading library in 1840 in order to throw themselves with even more enthusiasm into the publishing of popular illustrated books and magazines such as the `Penning Magazijn' and the `Nieuw Nederlandsch Magazijn'.


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Amsterdam Bibliotheek KVB Universiteitsbibliotheek UVA