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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
 Printing shop at the end of the 16th century

Creator
 Stradanus, Giovanni [Straet, Jan van der] (illustrator), Galle, Pilips (uitgever/publisher), Collaert, Hans (graveur/engraver)

Year
 [1587-1589]

Type
 prent, print

Measurements
 20,3 x 27,3 cm

Related term
 boekdrukkerijen, drukken, zetten, inkten, corrigeren

Period
 16e eeuw

Classification
 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst

Content
 This illustration gives a good examples of a late 16th-century printing house in the Netherlands. It shows, for example., how copy is composed and how some more than man-sized presses are operated. Printed sheets are hanging up to dry from a few stretched lines. The print is part of `Nova reperta', a series of prints after a design by the Bruges artist Jan van der Straet (or Stradanus) which depicts all the important inventions and discoveries knownat the time.

Original
 Stadanus, Giovanni. - Nova reperta, Antwerpen, Filips Galle, [1587-1589].

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Amsterdam Rijksmuseum Rijksprentenkabinet