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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
 Medieval bookcase, 1487

Creator
 De Saxonia, Ludolphus (auteur/author), Leeu, Gheraert (drukker/printer)

Year
 1487

Type
 prent, print

Measurements
 18,5 x 12,3 cm. (prent)

Related term
 boekbanden, boekenkasten

Period
 15e eeuw

Classification
 F: Bindkunst, J: Bibliotheken en instellingen

Content
 Detail from a page from another 'Tboeck vanden leven Jhesu Christi', printed by Gerard Leeu in Gouda. The illustration, a woodcut coloured by hand, was printed from another woodblock than the previous example, but the depiction is the same. The large bookcase shows the usual way of storing books: flat and stacked on top of one another.

Original
 Ludolphus de Saxonia. - Tboeck vanden leven Jhesu Christi. - Gouda: Gerard Leeu, 1487, t.o.fol. a iiij, detail

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 171 E 39

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek