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Title
 Hymn book for use in the Roman Catholic service, 1707

Creator
 Bloemen, W. van (drukker/printer)

Year
 1707

Type
 titelblad, title page

Measurements
 24,9 x 20,4 cm.

Related term
 gezangboeken, liturgische boeken, formaten, titelpagina's

Period
 18e eeuw

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

Content
 Books for the Roman Catholic service could be printed without problems in the eighteenth-century Republic. They usually appeared in large format (quarto or folio) because the text had to be legible from a distance for the priest or chorister.

Original
 De nieuwe hymnussen, ofte lof-sangen van de heylige roomsche kerk,uytgegeven door bevel van [...] Urbanus VIII. paus. - Amsterdam: Willem van Bloemen, 1707, titelpagina

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 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 10 D 5

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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek