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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
 Front and back of the menu card of the centenary of the Vereeniging ter Bevordering van de Belangen des Boekhandels

Creator
 onbekend

Year
 1915

Measurements
 17,7 x 25,1 cm.

Related term
 boekenbedrijf, boekhandel

Period
 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw

Classification
 G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij

Content
 In the top picture we see the ideal bookshop of 1915: a broad front door, a middle passage, counters to the left and the right with assistants behind them and along the walls the cases with books. To the left a woman behind glass is keeping the accounts. The ideal customer here is a gentleman in a top hat, accompanied by an automobile and a chauffeur. Below a bookshop of 1815, the year when the 'Vereeniging ter bevordering van de belangen des boekhandels' was founded.

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Amsterdam Bibliotheek KVB Universiteitsbibliotheek UVA