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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
 Marbled edges

Creator
 Zuyderduyn, Pieter (fotograaf/photographer), Goddijn, Peter (auteur/author), De Buitenkant (uitgever/publisher)

Year
 2001

Type
 illustratie, illustration

Measurements
 15,7 x 13 cm.. (zonder rand)

Related term
 boekbanden, sneden, marmeren

Period
 19e eeuw

Classification
 F: Bindkunst

Content
 In this 19th-century method, book edges were pressed into different water colours which the bookbinder has spattered on a slimy base in a zinc bath. The patterns are the same as those used for marbled paper.

Original
 Goddijn, Peter. - Westerse boekbindtechnieken van de Middeleeuwen tot heden : een handleiding voor het maken van boekmodellen / Peter Goddijn. - Amsterdam: De Buitenkant, 2001, p. 181

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek