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Catalogue of the Municipal Library of Amsterdam, 1612

Sladus, Matthaeus (auteur/author)
Haestens, Henrick Lodwijcxsoon van Leiden (drukker/printer)
year: 1612

type: titelblad
title page
technique: kopergravure
detail: nee
dimensions: 21,7 x 16,5 cm.
related terms: stadsbibliotheken bibliotheekcatalogi collecties titelpagina's
period: 17e eeuw
classification:
J: Bibliotheken en instellingen

contents: Title page of the catalogue of the Municipal Library of Amsterdam in 1612, then still housed in an annexe of the Nieuwe Kerk. The engraving shows a book with the city arms, flanked by Neptune, god of navigation, and Mercury, god of trade. Underneath the book is in Greek 'hospital of the soul', the device of the famous library of Thebes.

origineel:
source: Sladus, Mattheus. - Catalogvs Bibliothecae Amstelredamensis. - Lvgdvni Batavorvm: ex off. Henrici ab Haestens, 1612, titelblad
©description: Dr Jos A A M Biemans Leiden
©reproduction: Amsterdam Universiteitsbibliotheek UvA




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