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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

 View of the Dam Square in Amsterdam, c. 1650


Creator

 Burgh, Hendrick van der (schilder)


Year

 ca. 1650


Type

 schilderij, painting


Measurements

 afmetingen onbekend


Related term

 boekhandels, boekdrukkerijen, uithangborden


Period

 17e eeuw


Classification

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


Content

 The Dam, with on the left the shop sign for the house 'De Wackere Hond' (The watchful dog) - now the corner of the Dam and Rokin - where, around 1623, the booksellers and publishers of the Hondius family were established. Around 1650, when this picture was made, the company was no longer run by a Hondius but the premises and the sign were still in the possession of the family. Many booksellers worked here in the seventeenth century who continued to use the sign as their printer's device.


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Amsterdams Historisch Museum