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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
 Printing house c. 1870

Creator
 Walburg Pers (uitgever/publisher)

Year
 1993

Type
 illustratie, illustration

Measurements
 11 x 16 cm.

Related term
 boekdrukkerijen, snelpersen, stoompersen, drukken

Period
 19e eeuw

Classification
 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst

Content
 Printing house with a cylinder press driven by steam, one of the most important modernization that increased production, saved costs in printing, and which became genarally used in Dutch printing shops after 1850. On the left, a large steam boiler is in operation which supplies power to the machines.

Original
 Voorheen en thans, Den Haag, 1872

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 uitgever