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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
 The exhibition room in the library of the Peace Palace in The Hague, 1935

Creator
 Zwart, Piet (vormgever/designer), Sijthoff, A.W. (uitgever/publisher)

Year
 1935

Type
 illustratie, illustration

Related term
 institutionele bibliotheken, tentoonstellingen (boeken-)

Period
 20e eeuw

Classification
 J: Bibliotheken en instellingen, D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst

Content
 The library of the Peace Palace in The Hague holds a large collection of "Grotiana", works by and about Hugo de Groot, the founder of international law. The library also contains a number of precious old prints in the field of the history of law and associated fields from the collection of De Groot. In 1935 a booklet appeared about the library from which this photograph montage by Piet Zwart originates.

Original
 De bibliotheek van het Vredespaleis : doel, omvang, inrichting en gebruik / [artistieke verzorging door Piet Zwart]. - Leiden : Sijthoff, 1935, niet gepagineerd.

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 948 D 58

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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek