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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
 Bookbinding, G.W. Dijsselhof, 1903.

Creator
 G. W. Dijsselhof (boekbinder/bookbinder)

Year
 1903

Type
 boekband, binding

Measurements
 22,5 x 18,5 x 2,5 cm.

Related term
 boekbanden, goudstempelen, leer

Period
 20e eeuw

Classification
 F: Bindkunst

Content
 Half-leather band, gold-tooled. A green upper and lower board is decorated with golden flowers. Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof was a known representative of the 'Nieuwe Kunst' (Dutch Art Nouveau) movement. The book itself is decorated with woodcuts by Dijsselhof.

Original
 Crane, Walter - Kunst en samenleving: naar Walter Crane's Claims of Decorative Art [...]. - 2e herz. dr. - Amsterdam: Scheltema en Holkema, 1903.

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1363 F 61

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 Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek