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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
 Jacobus Buys, De onsterfelijke auteur (The immortal author), 1778

Creator
 Buys, Jacobus (illustrator), Meer, Noach van der (graveur/engraver), Allart, Johannes (uitgever/publisher)

Year
 1779

Type
 prent, print

Measurements
 14,5 x 8 cm.

Related term
 plaatwerken, gravure, leescultuur, auteurs

Period
 18e eeuw

Classification
 E: Boekillustratie, K: Maatschappelijke aspecten van boekproductie en -verspreiding

Content
 "Art plate" by painter/draughtsman Jacobus Buys (1724-1801) from a fable by the German man of letters, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, showing an "immortal writer" in his study.

Original
 Plaaten, behoorende tot de Fabelen van Gellert. Aflevering VIII. - Amsterdam: Johannes Allart, 1779, plaat 1.

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1393 F 27:2

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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

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 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek