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Laurens Jansz Coster

Scriverius, Petrus (auteur/author)
Velde Jan van de (illustrator)
Rooman, Adriaen (drukker/printer)
year: 1628

type: prent
print
detail: nee
dimensions: 14,5 x 12 cm
related persons: Coster, Laurens Janszoon
related terms: boekdrukkunst boekdrukkers
period: 15e eeuw
classification:
D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst

contents: This is the oldest known portrait of the Haarlem merchant, sexton and probably also woodcutter, Laurens Jansz Coster (1405-1484). For a long time he was, certainly in the Netherlands, considered to be the inventor of the art of printing.

origineel:
source: Scriverius, Petrus. - Laure-kranz voor Laurens Koster van Haerlem [etc., opgenomen in: Ampzing, Samuel. - Beschryvinge ende lof der stad Haerlem in Holland, etc.]. - Haarlem: A. Rooman, 1628, t.o. p. 14.
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 6 D 5 [2]

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




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