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`De copperplate printer' , illustration from a late 18th-century children's book

Thieme, H.C.A. (uitgever/publisher)
year: 1798

type: illustratie
illustration
detail: nee
dimensions: 20 x 18 cm.
related terms: plaatdrukkers plaatpersen kinderboeken
period: 18e eeuw
classification:
D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst

contents: This hand-coloured copper engraving is from a children `s book in five languages in which matters of a diverse nature, including various crafts, are discussed. In the accompanying text there is an explanation of how the copper plate is cut and prepared and subsequently printed on the wooden hand press. The art of the copperplate printer consists mainly in his making good and clear impressions or prints from the plates, which depends on the quality of the ink, the strength of the press and the precision of the printers'.

origineel:
source: Nieuw printenboek voor kinderen, behelzende onderwerpen uit het ryk der natuur, der wetenschappen, kunsten en ambachten naauwkeurig afgebeeld, en in vyf taalen bevattelyk beschreeven. - Zutphen: H.C.A. Thieme, 1798, dl. I, no. 19
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 26 G 4

©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek




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