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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
 Emblem book for children, second quarter of the eighteenth century

Creator
 Egmont, erven wed. J. van (drukker/printer)

Year
 [na 1735]

Type
 titelblad, title page

Measurements
 18 x 11 cm.

Related term
 embleembundels, kinderboeken, titelpagina's

Period
 18e eeuw

Classification
 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst, E: Boekillustratie, M43: Taalwetenschap, letterkunde: andere Germaanse talen

Content
 Emblem books enjoyed great popularity in the Netherlands from the end of the sixteenth century and many painters, engravers and poets have excelled in this genre. In the second quarter of the eighteenth century, when young people formed a separate target group for publishers, emblem books also appeared for children. A moralistic verse with an appealing picture was always extremely suitable for dear young people.

Original
 LXVI bezondere zinne-beelden, voor-gesteld door [...] plaatjes: of Nut en vermaaklyk tyd-verdryf; verrykt met [...] veersjes. - Amsterdam: pr. erve wed. J. van Egmont, [s.d., tweede kwart 18e eeuw], titelpagina

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 943 G 127

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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek