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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
 Combination of lead composition and woodblock for letterpress printing

Creator
 Haan, M. de (auteur/author), Hogenhout, J. (auteur/author), Aleva, L. (fotograaf/photographer), Visser, F. (fotograaf/photographer)

Year
 [ca. 1980]

Type
 dia, slide

Related term
 titelpagina's, houtsnede, zetsel, opmaken, drukvormen

Period
 16e eeuw, 17e eeuw

Classification
 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst

Content
 The combination of lead composition and woodcut was prevalent, as here for the title page of Dodonaeus' famous book of herbs, published in 1563 by Jan van der Loe of Antwerp, where the decorative edging is printed using a woodblock and the text within it is printed with lead type.

Original
 Haan, M. de; Hogenhout, J; Aleva, L en Visser, F. - Plantijn bij voorbeeld. Boekdrukken in de 16e en 17e eeuw. [Toelichting bij een serie dia's over het drukproces in de 16e en 17e eeuw, uitgegeven door het Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerpen, jaren tachtig vorige eeuw]

@description
 Antwerpen Museum Plantin-Moretus

@reproduction
 Antwerpen Museum Plantin-Moretus