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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

 `De vernuftigh betweter', emblem print from "Sinnepoppen" by Roemer Visscher, Amsterdam, 1614


Creator

 Visscher, Roemer (auteur/author), Blaeu, Willem Jansz. (drukker/printer), Visscher, Claes Jansz. (illustrator)


Year

 1614


Type

 illustratie, illustration


Measurements

 7,5 x 6 cm. (ill.)


Related term

 embleembundels, illustraties, gravure, leescultuur


Period

 17e eeuw


Classification

 K: Maatschappelijke aspecten van boekproductie en -verspreiding


Content

 Nowhere in Europe are so many paintings and prints with books on them as in the Dutch Republic, but that a book could also be mis-used is apparent from this picture and the accompanying text from the popular emblem book Sinnepoppen (emblems) by Roemer Visscher. The reader is warned against the `betweter' (know-all) , someone who reads the 'writings the wrong way' in order to hurt the other with improper arguments.


Original

 Visscher, Roemer. - Sinnepoppen. - Amsterdam: Willem Jansz. Blaeu, 1614, p. 168


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 341 C 4


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek