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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
 `De boekdrukker', from "Letter geschenk voor de lieve jeugd", Sneek c. 1800

Creator
 Holtkamp, F. (uitgever/publisher)

Year
 ca. 1800

Type
 illustratie, illustration

Measurements
 10,7 x 18,7 cm.

Related term
 kinderboeken, boekdrukkunst

Period
 18e eeuw

Classification
 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst, M43: Taalwetenschap, letterkunde: andere Germaanse talen

Content
 This children's book consists of a number of explanatory verses and pictures about all sorts of things such as: the fool, the learned man, the greengrocer, a man-of-war, the five senses, faith, hope and charity and the Palace on the Dam. The printer shares the page with the pancake booth, the postman and the roundabout. The accompanying rhyme tells the children that printing books is the noblest of the arts, for `it makes the stupid wise'.

Original
 Letter geschenk voor de lieve jeugd. - Sneek : F. Holtkamp, s.a. [ca. 1800], p. 14

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1090 H 126

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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek