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Two pages from the ordinance for the booksellers' guild in Rotterdam, 1720

Waesberge, P. van (drukker/printer)
year: 1720

type: tekstbladzijde
page
detail: nee
dimensions: 19,5 x 30 cm.
related terms: boekenbedrijf gilden gildenreglementen
period: 18e eeuw
classification:
D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst
G: Boekhandel en uitgeverij
F: Bindkunst

contents: Articles 4 to 12 in the ordinance for the booksellers' guild in Rotterdam. Article 4 is the usual provision that only citizens of the town may be accepted into the guild. Other matters which are mentioned here are the conditions relating to the length of an apprenticeship, the continuation of the company by the widow of the master after his death and the production of a masterpiece. The masterpiece for both booksellers and bookbinders consisted of, among other things, the binding and layout of a large Bible in folio, with Russian leather and wooden boards.

origineel:
source: Extract uyt de Generale keure en ordonnantie der stad Rotterdam. Houdende ordonnantie op het boekverkoopers gilde. - Rotterdam, P. van Waesberge, 1720, fol. A2v-A3r, art. 4-12.
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 300 J 45:38

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




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