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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
 An emblem book for children, second quarter of the eighteenth century

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

Year
 na 1735

Type
 prent, print

Measurements
 18 x 11 cm.

Related term
 embleembundels, kinderboeken, typografische vormgeving, illustraties

Period
 18e eeuw

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

Content
 The pages of this octavo booklet were only printed on one side because the illustration showed through on the reverse side. The paper did, however, have to go through two different presses: a separate plate press had to be used for the copperplates. The copperplates are from the second half of the seventeenth century: just as the same woodblocks were endlessly used for woodcuts, it was also quite common for old copperplates to be used again and again.

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., 2e helft 17e eeuw], p. 43.

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 943 G 127

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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek