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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
 Bookseller, beginning of the 19th century.

Creator
 Noman, Johannes (uitgever/publisher)

Year
 1830

Type
 tekstbladzijde illustratie, page illustration

Measurements
 15,3 x 20 cm.

Related term
 boekhandelaars, kinderboeken

Period
 18e eeuw

Classification
 G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij

Content
 This illustration from a booklet for children on national crafts shows a bookseller behind the counter in his shop. On the adjoining page there is an explanation of how a bookseller operated at this time: he did not buy ready-made books as is the case nowadays, but manuscripts which he had printed 'if he judged it to be in his interest'. If a book sold well or was quickly sold out then he often had it reprinted, 'as it was thought necessary".

Original
 Verzameling van Nederlandsche tafereelen van kunsten, ambachten en bedrijven, voor kinderen : met derzelver afbeeldingen, welke voorzien zijn van de noodige beschrijvingen van elke kunst, elk ambacht of bedrijf, en waarbij tevens toepasselijke versjes gevoegd zijn : (eene wedergade van de Merkwaardigheden uit de vaderlandsche geschiedenis van P.N. Muyt), Zaltbommel: Johannes Noman, 1830, tweede stuk, p. 88-89.

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 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 32 E 45

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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek