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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
 Publisher's prospectus of Gheraert Leeu for his edition of "Melusine", Antwerp, 1491

Creator
 Leeu, Gheraert (uitgever/publisher)

Year
 1491

Type
 illustratie, illustration

Measurements
 24 x 17 cm

Related term
 reclame, prospectussen

Period
 15e eeuw

Classification
 G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij

Content
 Earliest known prospectus for a publication in Dutch. The text gives a short summary of the story of the book and begins 'Eene schoene ghenuechlicke ende seer vreemde hystorie van eenre vrouwen gheheeten Melusyne ende van harer afcoemste ende gheslachte van haer voert ghecomen synde" [etc.]. It was an important edition with beautiful woodcuts, 'met schoonen personages ende figueren na den eysch der materien verciert'. The bookseller hung this sort of prospectus up in his shop or gave a number of copies together with the books to an itinerant bookseller who could hang them up in the town where he stayed.

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek