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Front and back of the menu card of the centenary of the Vereeniging ter Bevordering van de Belangen des Boekhandels

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year: 1915

detail: nee
dimensions: 17,7 x 25,1 cm.
related terms: boekenbedrijf boekhandel
period: 19e eeuw 20e eeuw
classification:
G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij

contents: In the top picture we see the ideal bookshop of 1915: a broad front door, a middle passage, counters to the left and the right with assistants behind them and along the walls the cases with books. To the left a woman behind glass is keeping the accounts. The ideal customer here is a gentleman in a top hat, accompanied by an automobile and a chauffeur. Below a bookshop of 1815, the year when the 'Vereeniging ter bevordering van de belangen des boekhandels' was founded.

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©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Amsterdam Bibliotheek KVB Universiteitsbibliotheek UVA




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