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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
 Simon Eikelenberg, 1739

Creator
 Houbraken, Jacob (graveur/engraver), Pronk, Cornelis (illustrator)

Year
 1739

Type
 prent, print

Measurements
 14 x 12,3 cm.

Related term
 auteurs, boekenverzamelaars

Period
 18e eeuw

Classification
 K: Maatschappelijke aspecten van boekproductie en -verspreiding

Content
 Simons Eikelenberg (1663-1738) at the age of 67, self-taught man, seller of brooms, amateur historian and voluminous writer at Alkmaar, engraved by Jacob Houbraken after a drawing by Cornelis Pronk of 1730. Eikelenberg was a lover of erotic literature, a field of collecting that as a rule was reserved for well-to-do, libertine collectors. Eikelenberg was somewhat of an exception because of his continuous financial worries.

Original
 Eikelenberg, S. - Alkmaar en zyne geschiedenissen beschreven door S. Eikelenberg, met afbeeldingen. - Alkmaar: Simon van Hoolwerf, 1739, vóór pag. 1

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 552 J 43

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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek