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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
 Different typefaces, first half of the 19th century

Creator
 Cleef Jzn., P.M. van (auteur/author), Cleef Jzn., P.M. van (uitgever/publisher)

Year
 1844

Type
 boek, book

Measurements
 22 x 13,5 cm.

Related term
 drukkershandboeken, lettertypen, corps

Period
 19e eeuw

Classification
 C: Paleografie, letterontwerp, lettertypen, lettergieten, schrift

Content
 In the Netherlands and France other standards were used for calculating the type size. On these two pages, published in the first printed printer's manual in Dutch from 1844, the relationship between the different types of both countries is explained.

Original
 Cleef Jzn., P.M. van. - Handboek ter beoefening der boekdrukkunst in Nederland : voorafgegaan van eene beknopte geschiedenis dezer kunst. - Hilversum, 1844, p. 40-41

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 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 972 C 81

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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek