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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
 Payment and transport of goods in barrels and bales, late 16th century

Creator
 Amman, Jobst (illustrator)

Year
 1585

Type
 illustratie, illustration

Related term
 distributie

Period
 16e eeuw

Classification
 G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij

Content
 The transport of books took place by wagon or by ship. For their protection they were packed in bales or barrels. Usually, printed books were sent in loose gatherings: binding took place when they arrived. Books often had to be transported over long distances which meant that they had to be transhipped or transferred one or more times. This was not a fool-proof system: mistakes, such as wrongly addressed or lost batches, might occur.

Original
 Amman, J. - Aigentliche Abbildung dess gantzen bewerbe der Kaufmannschafft [...]. - Augsburg, 1585.

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek