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