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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
 Poster for the 'week of the book', 1939

Creator
 Wijdeveld, Ruscha (illustrator), CPNB (uitgever/publisher)

Year
 1939

Type
 affiche, poster

Related term
 affiches, boekenpromotie, boekenweek

Period
 20e eeuw

Classification
 G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij

Content
 The first 'week of the book' took place from 7 to 14 May 1932. It was an initiative of the Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek (CPNB) (Foundation for the Promotion of the Dutch Book). Together with the week of the book the 'week of the book present' was also introduced, called 'Geschenk' (Present). The week of the book and the present were to remain the major activities of the CPNB. The week of the book was organised regularly around a certain theme, but this was not the case in 1939.

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Amsterdam Bibliotheek KVB Universiteitsbibliotheek UVA