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Title

 The old town hall in Amsterdam with bookshops, 1664


Creator

 Zesen, Ph. von (auteur/author), Nosche, J. (drukker/printer)


Year

 1664


Type

 prent, print


Measurements

 19 x 30 cm


Related term

 boekhandels


Period

 17e eeuw


Classification

 G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij


Content

 In this print of the old town hall in Amsterdam, which was burned down in the seventeenth century, a number of shops can be seen on the right against the wall. This site was called 'in de cas, onder 't stad-huys'. There were also various booksellers established here in the seventeenth century as elsewhere around Dam Square


Original

 Zesen. Ph. von. - Filips von Zesen Beschreibung der Stadt Amsterdam [...], Amsterdam: Joachim Nosche, 1664, tussen p. 96 en 97


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 552 J 15


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek