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Title
 Page from a newspaper, the "Courante uyt Italien, Duytsland etc.", 8 August 1626

Creator
 Hilten, Jan van (uitgever/publisher), Veseler, Joris (drukker/printer)

Year
 8 aug. 1626

Type
 krant, newspaper

Related term
 kranten, couranten, vertalingen

Period
 17e eeuw

Classification
 L: Journalistiek, persgeschiedenis

Content
 The earliest known newspaper in the Northern Netherlands appeared on 14 June 1618. It was published in Amsterdam by Jan van Hilten and printed by Joris Veseler. Initially this paper appeared once a week on a random day, but from 1624 onwards it appeared every Saturday. The last known number dates from 14 May 1669. Van Hilten's newspapers appeared in Dutch, French and English.

Original
 Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt etc, 8 augustus 1626, p. 1

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 341 A 1

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek