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Title
Wooden handpresses
Creator
Meulen, R. van der (auteur/author), Sijthoff, A.W. (uitgever/publisher)
Year
1905
Type
illustratie, illustration
Measurements
9,7 x 12 cm.
Related term
boekdrukkerijen, houten handpersen, drukken, inkten
Period
15e eeuw, 16e eeuw
Classification
D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst
Content
From the invention of the art of printing up until the end of the 18th century, only the kind of wooden handpresses which are shown here were used. Apart from some embellishments and improvements, the construction remained more or less unchanged. Nothing much changed therefore in working methods. On the left we can see a sheet of paper on the tympan and, above that, the frisket has been opened up. A printer is inking the composition using two ink balls. The printer on the right is operating a second press where the frisket and the tympan have been folded onto the composition.
Original
Meulen, R. van der. - Boekhandel en bibliographie. Theorie en practijk geschets in een reeks aaneensluitende opstellen, 3e herz. en verm. druk, Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1905, p. 168
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Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 9191 G 1
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Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek