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Title
 The old town hall in Amsterdam with bookshops, 1664

Creator
 Zesen, Ph. von (auteur/author), Nosche, J. (drukker/printer)

Year
 1664

Type
 prent, print

Measurements
 19 x 30 cm

Related term
 boekhandels

Period
 17e eeuw

Classification
 G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij

Content
 In this print of the old town hall in Amsterdam, which was burned down in the seventeenth century, a number of shops can be seen on the right against the wall. This site was called 'in de cas, onder 't stad-huys'. There were also various booksellers established here in the seventeenth century as elsewhere around Dam Square

Original
 Zesen. Ph. von. - Filips von Zesen Beschreibung der Stadt Amsterdam [...], Amsterdam: Joachim Nosche, 1664, tussen p. 96 en 97

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 552 J 15

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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek