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Dutch Book History

This website offers a historical overview of the printed book in the Netherlands up to the year 2000. The handbook was written by 42 leading book scholars. The image bank contains images about the history of the printed book, a selection of highlights from Dutch book printing, portraits of printers and publishers, fonts, printer's marks, watermarks, etc. In addition, there are extensive search options for various relevant bibliographic files.

The printing house of Laurens Jansz Coster in 1440

Discover the history of the printed book

Explore the history of the printed book in the Netherlands using images, highlights, typefaces, printer's marks, and extensive search options for bibliographic resources.

Lees het Handboek Nederlandse Boekgeschiedenis