Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5385263
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
LAURENTIUS COSTERUS HARLEMENSIS. Primus Artis Tijpographicae Inventor circa Annum 1440.
Year
1628
Print run
Dimensions
13,8 x 11,9
Printing office
Theme
Details

Portrait of the Haarlem printer Laurens Jansz. Coster (c. 1370 - 1440), printing letter in hand. With four-line caption in Latin by Petrus Scriverius. Coster is mentioned (exclusively in the Netherlands, and especially in his hometown Haarlem) as one of the inventors of the printing press. Copper engraving by Jan II van de Velde (1593-1641), after the painting by Jacob van Campen (1596-1657). Included as an illustration in: S. Ampzing. "Description and praise of the city of Haerlem in Holland", Adriaen Rooman, Haarlem, 1628. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2015.

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