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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 printer, second half 16th century

Creator
 Amman, Jost (illustrator), Sachs, Hans (auteur/author)

Year
 1568

Type
 illustratie, illustration

Related term
 boekdrukkerijen, houten handpersen, zetten, inkten, inleggers

Period
 16e eeuw

Classification
 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst

Content
 Famous early picture of a printer, inking with two great ink balls filled with horsehair the forme which consists of a frame on which the pages have been firmly fixed. In the background two compositors are working at their cases.

Original
 Amman, Jost en Sachs, Hans. - Eygentliche beschreibung aller Stände auff Erden, hoher und nidriger, geistlicher und weltlicher, aller Kunsten, Handwerken und Händeln. - Frankfurt am Main: S. Feyerabend, 1568, p. 19.

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek