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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

 Marbled edges


Creator

 Zuyderduyn, Pieter (fotograaf/photographer), Goddijn, Peter (auteur/author), De Buitenkant (uitgever/publisher)


Year

 2001


Type

 illustratie, illustration


Measurements

 15,7 x 13 cm.. (zonder rand)


Related term

 boekbanden, sneden, marmeren


Period

 19e eeuw


Classification

 F: Bindkunst


Content

 In this 19th-century method, book edges were pressed into different water colours which the bookbinder has spattered on a slimy base in a zinc bath. The patterns are the same as those used for marbled paper.


Original

 Goddijn, Peter. - Westerse boekbindtechnieken van de Middeleeuwen tot heden : een handleiding voor het maken van boekmodellen / Peter Goddijn. - Amsterdam: De Buitenkant, 2001, p. 181


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek