Other image databases on the history of the book

Arkyves
Searchable image database containing a large amount of emblems, as well as images of illuminated manuscripts, paintings and drawings, satirical and political prints, printer's devices and a growing number of other historical sources. The 147,000 records in Arkyves (98,000 of which are pictures) come from various European collections. Free of charge for KB-members and within licensed institutions.
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Atlas van der Hagen
Maps from the Atlas van der Hagen and Atlas Beudeker.
Go to Atlas van der Hagen website

Beeldbank Stadsarchief Amsterdam
More than 280,000 images (over a 170,000 photographs) of Amsterdam, from the Amsterdam City Archives.
Go to Beeldbank Stadsarchief Amsterdam

British Library: Database of Bookbindings (gallery)
Gallery displaying a selection of twenty five bindings from the British Library's bookbinding collections. With search options.
Go to Database of Bookbindings (gallery)

De Haagse Beeldbank (The Hague Image Bank)
Website of the The Hague Municipal Archives with approximately 190,000 photographs, prints, drawings, posters and maps of The Hague.
Go to De Haagse Beeldbank

Digital Special Collections (University Library Leiden)
Searchable database giving access to over 50,000 images and 100,000 descriptions of manuscripts, letters, archives, rare books, prints, drawings, photographs, photographica, maps, atlases and oriental collections.

Go to Digital Special Collections

Early Dutch Books Online
Early Dutch Books Online gives full-text access to more than 2 million pages in 10,000 books from the Dutch-speaking region from the period 1781-1800. The project is a collaboration between the Royal Library of the Netherlands and the university libraries of Amsterdam and Leiden.


Go to Early Dutch Books Online

Early Printing in Europe
Over 1,100 images of various 15th century printed materials from around Europe, including several hundred from the Netherlands; from the collections of the Bodleian Library (University of Oxford). Part of LUNA.
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Geheugen van Nederland | Memory of the Netherlands: Bookbindings from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Selection of around 1,000 bookbindings from the collection of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, giving an overview of the history of the bookbinding from the 12th until the early 21st century.

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Geheugen van Nederland | Memory of the Netherlands: Jan en Casper Luyken
More than 12,000 prints and drawings from book illustrators Jan and Casper Luyken, from the collection of the Amsterdam Historical Museum.
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Geheugen van Nederland | Memory of the Netherlands: children's books
More than 1,500 images of old Dutch children's books and periodicals, from five different collections presented by the Memory of the Netherlands:
1. Picture books from 1810 to 1950: 650 picture books illustrate life in bygone times, both in reality and in fantasy
Go to Memory of the Netherlands: picture books 1810-1950
2. Old children's books and cent prints from Overijssel: 350 old children's books and 175 historic folk and children's prints from the 17th to the 20th century, printed and published in the province of Overijssel
Go to Memory of the Netherlands: books and prints from Overijssel
3. Children's books from the Rotterdam Library: Some 300 historic children's books from the period 1840-1950
Go to Memory of the Netherlands: Rotterdam Library children's books
4. Youth magazines 1883 until 1950: Nine magazines from the collections of various institutes reflect what young people were reading between 1883 and 1950
Go to Memory of the Netherlands: youth magazines 1883-1950
5. Nineteenth century school books: 200 school books provide insight into the development of education in the Netherlands during the years 1780–1900
Go to Memory of the Netherlands: nineteenth century school books

Graphics Atlas
Online resource by the Image Permanence Institute, offering sophisticated print identification and characteristic tools to archivists, curators, historians, collectors, conservators, educators, and the general public. With hundreds of example ilustrations.
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History of the Book / Typography
More than one hundred sets of pictures of type, initials, ornaments and woodcuts from the 15th to the 18th century. Work in progress.

Go to History of the Book / Typography

Kiehtova Kirja
Bookhistorical website by the National Library of Finland (in Finnish only).
Go to Kiehtova Kirja

Image databases of the University Library Amsterdam.
Go to Image database Amsterdam

SCRAN
SCRAN online - British/Scottish website on history and culture.
Go to SCRAN

Virtual Showcase
A choice from the Special Collections of Utrecht University Library, giving an impression of the riches and variety of manuscripts and printed books, maps and documents in the repositories of the library.

Go to Virtual Showcase

Watermarks
Watermarks website of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Including links to other watermarks websites.
Go to Watermarks

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