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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 draughtsman and the woodcutter, second half 16th century

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

Year
 1568

Type
 illustratie, illustration

Related term
 graveren

Period
 16e eeuw

Classification
 E: Boekillustratie

Content
 The oldest way to illustrate a printed book is by means of woodcuts. Here it is shown how such a woodcut was made: the artist first produces a drawing on paper, subsequently the engraver cuts the image in a block of wood. Then the block is inked in the printing shop and printed.

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. 16 en 17.

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek