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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

 Jacobus Buys, The good visitors, 1778


Creator

 Buys, Jacobus (illustrator), Meer, Noach van der (graveur/engraver), Allart, Johannes (uitgever/publisher)


Year

 1778


Type

 prent, print


Measurements

 14,5 x 8 cm.


Related term

 plaatwerken, gravure, leescultuur, particuliere bibliotheken


Period

 18e eeuw


Classification

 E: Boekillustratie, K: Maatschappelijke aspecten van boekproductie en -verspreiding


Content

 "Art plate" by painter/draughtsman Jacobus Buys (1724-1801) from a fable by the German man of letters, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, showing a reader in his library.


Original

 Plaaten, behoorende tot de Fabelen van Gellert. Aflevering VI. - Amsterdam: Johannes Allart, 1778, plaat 6.


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1393 F 27:2


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek