Letterpress Printing Collection

Legend floor plan burial cellar Oranje Nassau
Legend to the floor plan of the burial cellar of Oranje Nassau, Explanation of the numbers and letters in the floor plan of the burial cellar of Oranje Nassau

Numa meets Hersilia Numa finds sleeping temple
Numa meets Hersilia, Numa finds the sleeping one behind the temple of Minerva Hersilia. With a French caption. Male literary characters (with NAME), (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)

Numa saves Annna father bandits Anna attacked
Numa saves Annna and her father from bandits, Anna and her father are attacked by bandits. Numa comes to their aid with a drawn sword. With a French caption

Leo tells Numa life story Leo Numa forest Leo tells
Leo tells Numa his life story, Leo and Numa in a forest. Leo tells his friend Numa his life story. With a French caption. Henri-Joseph Godin (mentioned on object), 1790, paper, letterpress printing

Rhyme title print Minnezangen kisses drinking songs
Rhyme on the title print for: Minnezangen kisses drinking songs, 1710 On the tytel print (title on object), A poem of 5 paragraphs and a total of twenty-two lines in Dutch

Title page L van den Bos Spicilegium -play frosty mourning cases
Title page for: L. van den Bos, Spicilegium or by -play of frosty mourning cases, part 2 of: The scene of accidents, 1683, Fame, with a laurel wreath and a trumpet, above ships on the water

Title page J. J van der Horst Dutch stories 1854
Title page for: J.J. van der Horst, Dutch stories, 1854, title-page, C.L. van Langenhuysen (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, paper, letterpress printing, h 180 mm × w 105 mm

Map coasts Flanders Normandy England Description
Map of the coasts of Flanders, Normandy and England Description of the sea Custen van Vlanderen and Picardien (...) (title on object), representation of Last Judgment

Map coast Norway Sweden MerdAŝy Uddevalla Custe
Map of the coast of Norway and Sweden between Merdoy and Uddevalla The Custe of Noorweghen, with that lands from north east in its wesenandde form (...) (title on object)

Riedsardus Elinus Aurindulius last king West Frisians Ridsardus Elinus sev Aurindulius
Riedsardus Elinus or Aurindulius, last king of the West Frisians Ridsardus Elinus sev Aurindulius. Rex Frisiae Occidentalis Ultimus (title on object) Kings and Potestates of Friesland (series title)

Louis XIII deathbed La Mort de Louis XIII title
Louis XIII on his deathbed La Mort de Louis XIII (title on object), Interior with bedstead in which Louis XIII. Courtiers stand on his deathbed around Louis XIII

Godliness surrounded three divine virtues Title page
Godliness surrounded by the three divine virtues Title page for: S. Curcellaeus, The Zedelyke Works, ca. 1674, Above a pedestal stands the personified Godliness

Schutterij van Leiden battle order Mookerheide
Schutterij van Leiden in battle order on the Mookerheide, 1622 Journey from the Leidse Schutterij to Grave, 1622 (series title), September 26, 1622

Allegory marriage Marriage announcement Jan Brandt junior
Allegory of marriage Marriage announcement of Jan Brandt junior and Maria Lups, Allegory of marriage, placed in a graceful list with the arms of the Brandt and Lups families

View figures shore two ships bay Decompose rush
View figures from the shore two ships in the bay Decompose, and rush, you from the shore So wind, and flood, you will benefit, sailing-ship, sailing-boat, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1689, paper

Christen watches man woman clean floor cleaning
Christen watches as a man and a woman clean the floor, cleaning (the house), Jan Luyken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1687, paper, letterpress printing, h 111 mm × w 64 mm

Joseph sitting table turban lying story Joseph
Joseph sitting at a table on which his turban is lying, story of Joseph (part II), head-gear: turban, Jan Luyken (mentioned on object), 1679, paper, letterpress printing, h 111 mm × w 134 mm

Old woman money exchange young couple old Besjen
Old woman with money exchange with a young couple, An old Besjen with an Iongman (title on object), Jan van de Velde, Amsterdam, 1622, paper, letterpress printing

Babylonian Ghevanckenine Christum Monarchs Press
From the Babylonian Ghevanckenine to Christum, among the Monarchs of the Press and Greeks (...) (title on object), Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel (...) (series title), Jan Philipsz Schabaelje, Alkmaar

Van Ahasueros Coninginne Esther title object
Van Ahasueros and the Coninginne Esther (title on object) Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel (...) (series title), Text sheet with a series of prints about the history of Ester. Top left initial A

Van Loth Sodoma title object Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel
Van Loth and Sodoma (title on object) Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel (...) (series title), Text sheet with a series of prints about the history of Lot. This magazine is part of an album

Fishing night Description gold coasts Guinea
Fishing by night Description of the gold coasts of Guinea (series title), At night fishing with nets and traps. The fishermen are in the water or are in a canoe. Some carry a torch

court king Cape de Lopo Gonsalves Description
The court of the king of Cape de Lopo Gonsalves Description of the gold coasts of Guinea (series title), Left life at the court. The women sit outside and braid mats and take care of the children

Large map siege Namur first text sheet 1695 Plan de la Ville
Large map of the siege of Namur (first text sheet), 1695 Plan de la Ville and the Chateau de Namur, dance l etat qu etoit cette Place lors qu elle fut assee et reprise

Two putti carry arms Archduke Leopold Willem van Oostenrijk Title page
Two putti carry the arms of Archduke Leopold Willem van Oostenrijk Title page for: Painter-painting of David Teniers, gheboortigh of Antwerp painter and the camera-servant of the most noble Leopol

Revelations Iesu nasijn Verrysenisse title object
Revelations Iesu nasijn Verrysenisse (title on object) Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel (...) (series title), Text sheet with a series of prints about appearances of the risen Christ. Top left initial D

Van Iuda Thamar title object Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel
Van Iuda and Thamar (title on object) Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel (...) (series title), Text sheet with a series of prints on the history of Judah and Tamar. This magazine is part of an album

Title print coat arms Karel van Hessen-Kassel flanked
Title print with the coat of arms of Karel van Hessen-Kassel flanked by Minerva and Hercules Disegno del monte situato presso citta metropolitana di Cassel (...) (series title on object)

A New Aarduge Korswylige Amusing Klucht living Razijn-Korf
A New Aarduge Korswylige and Amusing Klucht, From the living Razijn-Korf (title on object), Northern Netherlands, 1704, paper, letterpress printing, h 285 mm × w 175 mm

Weapon Shield helmet sword weapons trophy ie
Weapon, Shield, helmet, sword and other weapons, trophy, ie: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects, ornament, tropaion, ie decorative ornament, weapons

Vignette leaf vines foliage tendrils branches
Vignette with leaf vines, foliage, tendrils, branches, ornament, Bernard Picart (workshop of), Amsterdam, 1683 - 1733, paper, letterpress printing, h 26 mm × w 163 mm

Vignette scroll leaf vines foliage tendrils branches
Vignette with scroll and leaf vines, foliage, tendrils, branches, ornament, scrollwork, strapwork, Bernard Picart (workshop of), Amsterdam, 1683 - 1733, paper, letterpress printing

Vignette three skulls mask mascaron ornament
Vignette with three skulls, mask, mascaron, ornament, deaths head, skull (symbol of Death), Bernard Picart (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1683 - 1733, paper, letterpress printing

Talking animals Title page J Hilarides Fabulae sopiAŠ
Talking animals Title page for: J. Hilarides, Fabulae AEsopiae, 1695 Phaedri Fabulae (title on object), Group of various figures, half human and half animal, grouped around a throne

New Years wish ash garbage collectors Hague
New Years wish of the ash and garbage collectors of The Hague for the year 1851 New Years blessing and blessing of... by the / asch and garbage men 1851 (title on object)

Amor sharpened arrow Title vignette wedding Jacobus Verbrugge
Amor sharpened an arrow Title vignette for: At the wedding of Jacobus Verbrugge, and Miss. Maria Terwe, 1681 (title on object), Seated Amor in a landscape, with his quiver next to him

Memorial Johan Diederich Deiman Two allegorical figures
Memorial for Johan Diederich Deiman, Two allegorical figures at a burial monument. Godliness is personified by an angel with a flame on his head, who points to a beam of light

Title page Frans Greenwood Boerepinxtervreugt
Title page for Frans Greenwood, Boerepinxtervreugt, 1733, Text sheet with ornamental monogram, letter combinations such as letterword, anagram, letter square, monogram, etc, title-page

Coat arms virgins Crispijn van den Queborn mentioned
Coat of arms for the virgins, Crispijn van den Queborn (mentioned on object), Dordrecht, 1643, paper, letterpress printing, h 58 mm × w 79 mm

Title page Henricus Hofsnider Kronyk van Groningen
Title page for: Henricus Hofsnider, Kronyk van Groningen and the Ommelanden, 1743, Title page with in the center an image of a man with a cane in a landscape near a house with the Martini tower of

Minerva Mercury flank cartouche Novus XVII inferioris Germaniae Provinci
Minerva and Mercury flank cartouche Novus XVII inferioris Germaniae Provinciarum Typus (...) (title on object), A rocaille cartouche with title is flanked by Minerva with lance and shield

Flooding Rhine Waal View flooded landscape figures
Flooding of the Rhine and the Waal, View of a flooded landscape where figures and animals float on rafts and boats in the water

Masks weapons rose branch Title page Collalto
Masks and weapons on a rose branch Title page for: A. Collalto, the Venetian triplets, 1781, mask, flowers: rose, casting weapons: spear, archers weapons: arrow

Assignment Willem van der Sluys weapon flanked
Assignment to Willem van der Sluys with weapon flanked by Minerva and Hercules Klearchus foreland of Heraklea (series title)

Grape harvest Title page Rozier Cours complet d agriculture
Grape harvest Title page for: Rozier, Cours complet d agriculture (...) ou Dictionnaire Universel d agriculture, 1800, In a vineyard on the right, workers harvest the grapes

Feast unveil statue Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Feast to unveil the statue of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn on the Rembrandtplein in Amsterdam on 27 May 1852, monument, statue, Rembrandtplein, Rembrandt van Rijn

Portrait Thomas Bartholinus Danish physician
Portrait of Thomas Bartholinus, Danish physician and anatomist, at the age of 35. At the bottom in the margin a three-line text in Latin

Portrait Frederick V Palatinate Elector King
Portrait of Frederick V of the Palatinate, Portrait of Frederick V, Elector of the Palatinate, King of Bohemia. With family crest and a four-line caption, Frederik V (Elector of the Palatinate)

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"Discover the Art of Letterpress Printing: From Funeral Processions to Romantic Rhymes" Step into the world of letterpress printing, where each stroke of a metal type creates a timeless masterpiece. With its roots dating back centuries, this traditional form of printing has captured the essence of history and storytelling. Imagine walking through a funeral procession in Frederik Hendrik's era, as text sheets from 15-20 are meticulously printed with somber elegance. The legend floor plan reveals the secrets hidden within burial cellars and Oranje Nassau's legacy. Travel further back in time to witness Numa's encounter with Hersilia at a sleeping temple. Witness Numa's heroic acts as he saves Anna from bandits and protects her from an impending attack. Leo shares his life story amidst the enchanting forest, revealing tales that captivate hearts. Delve into Minnezangen, a collection of kisses and drinking songs beautifully rhymed on title prints by L van den Bos Spicilegium -play frosty mourning cases. J. J van der Horst presents Dutch stories in 1854 on another captivating title page. Explore maps showcasing coasts from Flanders to Normandy and England's description. Marvel at the intricate details mapping Norway, Sweden, MerdAŝy Uddevalla Custe - capturing coastal beauty for all to admire. Uncover Riedsardus Elinus Aurindulius' reign as West Frisians' last king through fascinating historical accounts. Experience Ridsardus Elinus sev Aurindulius' triumphs and struggles etched forever in print. Letterpress printing is not just about words on paper; it is an art form that transports us through time. It preserves stories that would otherwise be forgotten while igniting our imagination with every turn of the page.