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With reverence and admiration, / You must contemplate this print, / The reason for this is youth, / I shall unfold it to you
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with a large depiction of a printing house (possibly that of Laurens Jansz. Coster). On the left, two men at type cases; in the center, a man operating the printing press; on the right, two men editing printed sheets. Above, freshly printed sheets hang over beams to dry. In the lower margin, an inscription in four columns. Numbered top right: No. 116.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineMet eerbied en bewondering, / Moet gij deez' plaat beschouwen, / De reden daarvan l'eve jeugd, / Zal ik u voort ontvouwen. 1827 - 1894. M. Hemeleers-van Houter. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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