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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
 Guild medal from the printers', binders' and booksellers' guild, c. 1670

Year
 [1670]

Type
 penning, medal

Measurements
 4,5 cm. (doorsnede)

Related term
 beroepsverenigingen, gilden

Period
 17e eeuw

Classification
 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst

Content
 There is some uncertainty about the origin of this guild medal. It might have come from Amsterdam or Middelburg, the first Dutch town with a printers' and booksellers' guild of its own. This coin was in the possession of a certain Johannes Wilmerdonk, master and later (or before) of Pieter van Goethen, warden of the guild. It shows a printing press, but presses on medals are not really represented true to nature. It can therefore not exactly be deduced what kind of press is represented.

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Amsterdam Universiteitsbibliotheek UvA