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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
 A printing shop in a 16th-century manuscript

Year
 [1530]

Type
 handschrift, manuscript

Related term
 boekdrukkerijen, zetten, corrigeren, inkten, drukken, miniaturen

Period
 16e eeuw

Classification
 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst

Content
 The organisation of the production of printed books was much more complex than that of manuscripts. In this French miniature we see a printing shop in full operation. To the right, texts are corrected and composed, to the left, a printer with two ink balls in his hands while another printer is operating the press. This page is unique and shows that both the making of manuscripts and the printing of books continued side by side for some time.

Original
 Parijs, Bibliothèque Nationale, ms. Fr. 1537

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek