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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
 Caspar Luyken, frontispiece from A.I. Montfleury, "L'impromptu de l'Hostel de Condé", Amsterdam, 1698

Creator
 Luiken, Caspar (illustrator), Montfleury, A.I. (auteur/author), Braakman, Adrian (drukker/printer)

Year
 1697

Type
 titelblad, title page

Measurements
 11,1 x 6,5 cm.

Related term
 boekhandels, titelprenten

Period
 17e eeuw

Classification
 G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij

Content
 Bookshops were traditionally also meeting places for scholars and men of letters. Montfleury's play features the female bookseller, Alis, who is talking in the shop to a marquess about the Molière's work. Although it is a French play, Caspar Luiken has depicted the interior of a typical Dutch bookshop.

Original
 Montfleury, A.I. - L'impromptu de l'Hostel de Condé, vol. II. - Amsterdam: Adrian Braakman, 1698, titelprent, tussen p. 825 en 829

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 224 G 11

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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek