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Bookbinders at work in D. de Bray, "Onderwijs van `t Boek-Binden", 1658

Bray, Dirk de (auteur/author)
Bray, Dirk de (illustrator)
year: 1658

type: tekening
drawing
detail: nee
dimensions: 8,3 x 5,8 cm.
related terms: boekbinden leermiddelen cirkelscharen sneden
period: 17e eeuw
classification:
F: Bindkunst

contents: The bookbinder's servant on the left has clamped the text block in a paper cutter and moves the knife along the paper to cut off the irregularities. It is not quite clear what the figure to the right is doing; he is probably sprinkling the edges to give them a sprinkled paper appearance.

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©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Haarlem Archiefdienst voor Kennemerland
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