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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 wolf en de ezel", from the "Dyalogus creaturarum", printed by Gheraert Leeu, Gouda, 1481

Creator
 anoniem/anonymous (auteur/author), Leeu, Gheraert (drukker/printer), Pergamenus, Nicolaus (auteur/author), De Mayneriis, Mayno (auteur/author)

Year
 4 apr. 1481

Type
 illustratie, illustration

Measurements
 11,1 x 7,9 cm.

Related term
 volksboeken, incunabelen, houtsnede, illustraties

Period
 15e eeuw

Classification
 E: Boekillustratie

Content
 Illustration by an anonymous artist from a collection of fables and exempla, rendered in 122 dialogues between animals and humans with 120 woodcuts coloured in the 17th century. In this type of incunabulum the woodcut became the most customary technique for illustrations.

Original
 [Nicolaus Pergamenus of Mayno de Mayneriis]. - Dyalogus creaturarum dat is twijspraec der creaturen. - Gouda: Gerard Leeu, 1481, dl. 2, fol. o4r

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 170 E 26

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek