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[[File:Boekhandel Stumpel.jpg|thumb|right|Stumpel bookseller in [[Hoorn]], circa 1910]]
[[File:Boekhandel Stumpel.jpg|thumb|right|Stumpel bookseller in [[Hoorn]], circa 1910]]
[[File:Johannes Jelgerhuis - De winkel van boekhandelaar Pieter Meijer Warnars op de Vijgendam te Amsterdam.jpg|thumb|right|P. Meijer Warnars' bookshop in Amsterdam, painted 1820 by [[Johannes Jelgerhuis]]<ref>{{citation |title=Alphabetische naamlijst van boeken |quote=Welke sedert het jaar 1790...1831, in Noord-Nederland zijn uitgekomen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ya8-AQAAMAAJ |language=nl |publisher=Gebroeders van Cleef |year=1832 }}</ref>]]
[[File:Johannes Jelgerhuis - De winkel van boekhandelaar Pieter Meijer Warnars op de Vijgendam te Amsterdam.jpg|thumb|right|P. Meijer Warnars' bookshop in Amsterdam, painted 1820 by [[Johannes Jelgerhuis]]<ref>{{citation |title=Alphabetische naamlijst van boeken |quote=Welke sedert het jaar 1790...1831, in Noord-Nederland zijn uitgekomen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ya8-AQAAMAAJ |language=nl |publisher=Gebroeders van Cleef |year=1832 }}</ref>]]
As of 2018, [[Wolters Kluwer]] ranks as the [[Netherlands]]' biggest [[book publishing|publisher]] of [[books]] in terms of revenue.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20180917/78036-pearson-is-still-the-world-s-largest-publisher.html |title= The World's 54 Largest Publishers, 2018 |date= 14 September 2018 |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |location=US |volume=265 |number= 38 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |work=Publishers Weekly |location=US |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-book-news/article/74505-the-world-s-50-largest-publishers-2017.html |title=World's 54 Largest Publishers, 2017 |date= 25 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{citation |work=Publishers Weekly |location=US |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-book-news/article/71268-the-world-s-52-largest-book-publishers-2016.html |title=World's 52 Largest Book Publishers, 2016 |date= 26 August 2016}}</ref> Other notable Dutch houses include [[Brill Publishers|Brill]] (est. 1683) and [[Elsevier]] (est. 1880; now part of UK-based RELX Group).<ref>{{cite book|editor1=Euromedia Research Group |editor2=Mary Kelly|display-editors=et al |title= Media in Europe |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_KRfXsBUBeAC |publisher=[[Sage Publications]] |isbn=978-0-7619-4132-3 |edition=3rd |year=2004 |chapter= Netherlands: Book Publishing }}</ref>
As of 2018, [[Wolters Kluwer]] ranks as the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] biggest [[book publishing|publisher]] of [[books]] in terms of revenue.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20180917/78036-pearson-is-still-the-world-s-largest-publisher.html |title= The World's 54 Largest Publishers, 2018 |date= 14 September 2018 |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |location=US |volume=265 |number= 38 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |work=Publishers Weekly |location=US |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-book-news/article/74505-the-world-s-50-largest-publishers-2017.html |title=World's 54 Largest Publishers, 2017 |date= 25 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{citation |work=Publishers Weekly |location=US |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-book-news/article/71268-the-world-s-52-largest-book-publishers-2016.html |title=World's 52 Largest Book Publishers, 2016 |date= 26 August 2016}}</ref> Other notable Dutch houses include [[Brill Publishers|Brill]] (est. 1683) and [[Elsevier]] (est. 1880).<ref>{{cite book|editor1=Euromedia Research Group |editor2=Mary Kelly|display-editors=et al |title= Media in Europe |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_KRfXsBUBeAC |publisher=[[SAGE Publications]] |isbn=978-0-7619-4132-3 |edition=3rd |year=2004 |chapter= Netherlands: Book Publishing }}</ref>


==History==
==History==
{{see also|Global spread of the printing press#The Netherlands}}
{{see also|Global spread of the printing press#Netherlands}}
Printed books first appeared in the 1470s in places such as [[Delft]], [[Deventer]], [[Gouda, South Holland|Gouda]], [[Nijmegen]], [[Utrecht]], [[Zwolle]], and in the 1480s in places such as [[Haarlem]], [[Leiden]], and [['s-Hertogenbosch]].{{sfn|Proctor|1898}}<ref>{{citation |url= http://data.cerl.org/istc/_search?query=place:nl |title= (Place:NL) |work=[[Incunabula Short Title Catalogue]]: the International Database of 15th-century European Printing |location=UK |publisher=[[British Library]] |access-date= 9 December 2017 }} (Bibliography of editions published in the Netherlands; also browsable by [http://data.cerl.org/istc/_index/imprintplace town])</ref>


Among Dutch [[bestseller]]s are titles such as the 17th-century ''Lusthof des Gemoets'' by Jan Philipsz Schabaelje.<ref>{{citation |chapter=De "Lusthof des gemoets" van Jan Philipsz Schabaelje: het populairste Nederlandse boek uit de Gouden Eeuw |author=Piet Visser |title=Boekenwijsheid: drie eeuwen kennis en cultuur in 30 bijzondere boeken |isbn=9789057306259 |editor1=Jan Bos |editor2= Erik Geleijns |language=nl |year= 2009 |publisher=Walburg Pers }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85352447/ |title=Jan Philipsz Schabaelje, 1585?-1656 |work=[[WorldCat]] |access-date= 9 December 2017 }}</ref>
Printed books [[incunabula|first]] appeared in the 1470s in places such as [[Delft]], [[Deventer]], [[Gouda, South Holland|Gouda]], [[Nijmegen]], [[Utrecht]], [[Zwolle]], and in the 1480s in places such as [[Haarlem]], [[Leiden]], and [['s-Hertogenbosch]].{{sfn|Proctor|1898}}<ref>{{citation |url= http://data.cerl.org/istc/_search?query=place:nl |title= (Place:NL) |work=[[Incunabula Short Title Catalogue]]: the International Database of 15th-century European Printing |location=UK |publisher=[[British Library]] |accessdate= 9 December 2017 }} (Bibliography of editions published in the Netherlands; also browsable by [http://data.cerl.org/istc/_index/imprintplace town])</ref>


The Stichting Drukwerk in de Marge formed in 1975, and organizes an annual Boekkunstbeurs (book fair).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drukwerkindemarge.org/over-drukwerk-in-de-marge/ |language=nl |title=Over ons |work=Drukwerkindemarge.org |publisher=Drukwerk in de Marge |access-date=9 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209204002/http://drukwerkindemarge.org/over-drukwerk-in-de-marge/ |archive-date=9 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bibliophiles in 1991 organized the Nederlands Genootschap van Bibliofielen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bibliofielen.nl/overgenootschap.html |title=Over het Genootschap |work=Bibliofielen.nl |language=nl|publisher=Nederlands Genootschap van Bibliofielen |access-date= 9 December 2017 }}</ref> Zlibrary in 1991 organized the Nederlands Kloosterlaan Sas van Gent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://zlibrary.to/dl/the-books-of-enoch|title=The books of enoch PDF|work=zlibrary.to|language=en|publisher=Nederlands Kloosterlaan Sas van Gent|access-date= 9 December 2017 }}</ref>
Among Dutch [[bestseller]]s are titles such as the 17th century "Lusthof des Gemoets" by Jan Philipsz Schabaelje.<ref>{{citation |chapter=De "Lusthof des gemoets" van Jan Philipsz Schabaelje: het populairste Nederlandse boek uit de Gouden Eeuw |author=Piet Visser |title=Boekenwijsheid: drie eeuwen kennis en cultuur in 30 bijzondere boeken |isbn=9789057306259 |editor1=Jan Bos |editor2= Erik Geleijns |language=nl |year= 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85352447/ |title=Jan Philipsz Schabaelje, 1585?-1656 |work=[[WorldCat]] |accessdate= 9 December 2017 }}</ref>

The {{illm|Stichting Drukwerk in de Marge|nl}} (printing society) formed in 1975, and organizes an annual Boekkunstbeurs (book fair).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drukwerkindemarge.org/over-drukwerk-in-de-marge/ |language=nl |title= Over ons |work=Drukwerkindemarge.org |publisher=Drukwerk in de Marge |accessdate= 9 December 2017 }}</ref> Bibliophiles in 1991 organized the {{illm|Nederlands Genootschap van Bibliofielen|nl}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bibliofielen.nl/overgenootschap.html |title=Over het Genootschap |work=Bibliofielen.nl |language=nl|publisher=Nederlands Genootschap van Bibliofielen |accessdate= 9 December 2017 }}</ref>


The [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] named Amsterdam the 2008 [[World Book Capital]].
The [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] named Amsterdam the 2008 [[World Book Capital]].
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
:''This article incorporates information from the [[Dutch Wikipedia]].''


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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* {{cite book |title=List of Bibliographical Works in the Reading Room of the British Museum |oclc= 3816244 |location=London |edition=2nd |editor1= G.W. Porter |editor2= G.K. Fortescue |year= 1889
* {{cite book |title=List of Bibliographical Works in the Reading Room of the British Museum |oclc= 3816244 |location=London |edition=2nd |editor1= G.W. Porter |editor2= G.K. Fortescue |year= 1889
|chapter= Bibliographies of Countries: Netherlands
|chapter= Bibliographies of Countries: Netherlands
|chapterurl= https://archive.org/stream/listofbibliogra00brit#page/n47/mode/2up
|chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/listofbibliogra00brit#page/n47/mode/2up
|via= [[Internet Archive]]
|via= [[Internet Archive]]
}}
}}
* {{cite book |title= Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum |author= [[Robert Proctor (bibliographer)|Robert Proctor]] |location=London |publisher= Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company |oclc=6438080 |year= 1898
* {{cite book |title= Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum |author= Robert Proctor |location=London |publisher= Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company |oclc=6438080 |year= 1898
|chapter= Books Printed From Types: Holland |pages= 652+
|chapter= Books Printed From Types: Holland |pages= 652+
|via= [[HathiTrust]]
|chapterurl= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3450632?urlappend=%3Bseq=124
|volume= |via= [[HathiTrust]]
|ref = {{harvid|Proctor|1898}}
|ref = {{harvid|Proctor|1898}}
|hdl= 2027/uc1.c3450632 |author-link= Robert Proctor (bibliographer) }}
}}
* {{cite book |series=Bibliotheca Bibliographica Neerlandica |title=Incunabula Printed in the Low Countries: A Census |editor1=Gerard van Thienen |editor2= John Goldfinch |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789060044520 |year= 1999
* {{cite book |series=Bibliotheca Bibliographica Neerlandica |title=Incunabula Printed in the Low Countries: A Census |editor1=Gerard van Thienen |editor2= John Goldfinch |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789060044520 |year= 1999
}}
}}
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}}
}}
* {{cite book |editor1= Marieke T G E van Delft |editor2=Clemens de Wolf |title=Bibliopolis: History of the printed book in the Netherlands |isbn=9040088381 |year= 2003
* {{cite book |editor1= Marieke T G E van Delft |editor2=Clemens de Wolf |title=Bibliopolis: History of the printed book in the Netherlands |isbn=9040088381 |year= 2003
|publisher=Waanders }}
}}
* {{cite book |title= Netherlandish Books: Books Published in the Low Countries and Dutch Books Printed Abroad before 1601 |editor1= [[Andrew Pettegree]] |editor2= Malcolm Walsby |publisher=Brill |isbn= 9789004191976 |year= 2011
* {{cite book |title= Netherlandish Books: Books Published in the Low Countries and Dutch Books Printed Abroad before 1601 |editor1= [[Andrew Pettegree]] |editor2= Malcolm Walsby |publisher=Brill |isbn= 9789004191976 |year= 2011
}}
}}
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* {{cite book |title=Specialist Markets in the Early Modern Book World |editor1= Richard Kirwan |editor2= Sophie Mullins |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004288102 |year=2015
* {{cite book |title=Specialist Markets in the Early Modern Book World |editor1= Richard Kirwan |editor2= Sophie Mullins |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004288102 |year=2015
|chapter=Books in Foreign Languages: Publishing in the Netherlands, 1500–1800
|chapter=Books in Foreign Languages: Publishing in the Netherlands, 1500–1800
|author1= [[Rémi Mathis]] |author2= Marie-Alice Mathis
|author1= Rémi Mathis |author2= Marie-Alice Mathis
|author1-link= Rémi Mathis }}
}}


===in Dutch===
===in Dutch===
* {{citation |title=Nieuwsblad voor de boekhandel |trans-title=Newspaper for the book trade |issn=0028-9965 |language=nl |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008616031 |year=1834-1980
* {{citation |title=Nieuwsblad voor de boekhandel |journal=Nieuwsblad voor den Boekhandel |trans-title=Newspaper for the book trade |issn=0028-9965 |language=nl |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008616031 |year=1834–1980
}}
}}
* {{citation |title= {{illm|De Boekenwereld|nl}}: tijdschrift voor boek en prent |trans-title= Book World |language=nl |issn=0168-8391
* {{citation |title= {{illm|De Boekenwereld|nl}}: tijdschrift voor boek en prent |journal= De Boekenwereld |trans-title= Book World |language=nl |issn=0168-8391
}} 1984-
}} 1984-
* {{citation |title= {{illm|Boekenpost|nl}}: tijdschrift voor de liefhebber van boeken, strips en boekencuriosa |trans-title=Book Post: magazine for the lover of books |language=nl |issn=0928-4230
* {{citation |title= {{illm|Boekenpost|nl}}: tijdschrift voor de liefhebber van boeken, strips en boekencuriosa |journal=Boekenpost: Tijdschrift voor de Liefhebber van Boeken, Strips en Boekencuriosa |trans-title=Book Post: magazine for the lover of books |language=nl |issn=0928-4230
}} 1992-
}} 1992-
* {{citation |title= {{illm|Jaarboek voor Nederlandse Boekgeschiedenis|nl}} |trans-title=Yearbook for Dutch Book History |issn=1381-0065 |language=nl |publisher=Nederlandse Boekhistorische Vereniging
* {{citation |title= {{illm|Jaarboek voor Nederlandse Boekgeschiedenis|nl}} |journal=Jaarboek voor Nederlandse Boekgeschiedenis |trans-title=Yearbook for Dutch Book History |issn=1381-0065 |language=nl |publisher=Nederlandse Boekhistorische Vereniging
}} 1994-
}} 1994-
* {{cite book |author=Piet J. Buijnsters |title= Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse bibliofilie. Boek- en prentverzamelaars 1750-2010 |trans-title=History of the Dutch bibliophile: book and print collectors |isbn=9789460040436 |location= Nijmegen |language=nl |year= 2010
* {{cite book |author=Piet J. Buijnsters |title= Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse bibliofilie. Boek- en prentverzamelaars 1750-2010 |trans-title=History of the Dutch bibliophile: book and print collectors |isbn=9789460040436 |location= Nijmegen |language=nl |year= 2010
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[[Category:History of books|Netherlands]]
[[Category:History of books|Netherlands]]
[[Category:Media in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Mass media in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Book publishing in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Book publishing in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Dutch books| ]]
[[Category:Dutch books| ]]

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Stumpel bookseller in Hoorn, circa 1910
P. Meijer Warnars' bookshop in Amsterdam, painted 1820 by Johannes Jelgerhuis[1]

As of 2018, Wolters Kluwer ranks as the Dutch biggest publisher of books in terms of revenue.[2][3][4] Other notable Dutch houses include Brill (est. 1683) and Elsevier (est. 1880).[5]

History[edit]

Printed books first appeared in the 1470s in places such as Delft, Deventer, Gouda, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Zwolle, and in the 1480s in places such as Haarlem, Leiden, and 's-Hertogenbosch.[6][7]

Among Dutch bestsellers are titles such as the 17th-century Lusthof des Gemoets by Jan Philipsz Schabaelje.[8][9]

The Stichting Drukwerk in de Marge formed in 1975, and organizes an annual Boekkunstbeurs (book fair).[10] Bibliophiles in 1991 organized the Nederlands Genootschap van Bibliofielen.[11] Zlibrary in 1991 organized the Nederlands Kloosterlaan Sas van Gent.[12]

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization named Amsterdam the 2008 World Book Capital.

Collections[edit]

The Leiden University Library began in 1575, and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (royal library) in The Hague in 1798. Since 1919, the Nederlandse Centrale Catalogus lists titles in Dutch libraries.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Alphabetische naamlijst van boeken (in Dutch), Gebroeders van Cleef, 1832, Welke sedert het jaar 1790...1831, in Noord-Nederland zijn uitgekomen
  2. ^ "The World's 54 Largest Publishers, 2018", Publishers Weekly, vol. 265, no. 38, US, 14 September 2018
  3. ^ "World's 54 Largest Publishers, 2017", Publishers Weekly, US, 25 August 2017
  4. ^ "World's 52 Largest Book Publishers, 2016", Publishers Weekly, US, 26 August 2016
  5. ^ Euromedia Research Group; Mary Kelly; et al., eds. (2004). "Netherlands: Book Publishing". Media in Europe (3rd ed.). SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-0-7619-4132-3.
  6. ^ Proctor 1898.
  7. ^ "(Place:NL)", Incunabula Short Title Catalogue: the International Database of 15th-century European Printing, UK: British Library, retrieved 9 December 2017 (Bibliography of editions published in the Netherlands; also browsable by town)
  8. ^ Piet Visser (2009), "De "Lusthof des gemoets" van Jan Philipsz Schabaelje: het populairste Nederlandse boek uit de Gouden Eeuw", in Jan Bos; Erik Geleijns (eds.), Boekenwijsheid: drie eeuwen kennis en cultuur in 30 bijzondere boeken (in Dutch), Walburg Pers, ISBN 9789057306259
  9. ^ "Jan Philipsz Schabaelje, 1585?-1656". WorldCat. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Over ons". Drukwerkindemarge.org (in Dutch). Drukwerk in de Marge. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Over het Genootschap". Bibliofielen.nl (in Dutch). Nederlands Genootschap van Bibliofielen. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  12. ^ "The books of enoch PDF". zlibrary.to. Nederlands Kloosterlaan Sas van Gent. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

Bibliography[edit]

in English[edit]

in Dutch[edit]

  • "Nieuwsblad voor de boekhandel" [Newspaper for the book trade], Nieuwsblad voor den Boekhandel (in Dutch), 1834–1980, ISSN 0028-9965
  • "De Boekenwereld [nl]: tijdschrift voor boek en prent" [Book World], De Boekenwereld (in Dutch), ISSN 0168-8391 1984-
  • "Boekenpost [nl]: tijdschrift voor de liefhebber van boeken, strips en boekencuriosa" [Book Post: magazine for the lover of books], Boekenpost: Tijdschrift voor de Liefhebber van Boeken, Strips en Boekencuriosa (in Dutch), ISSN 0928-4230 1992-
  • "Jaarboek voor Nederlandse Boekgeschiedenis [nl]" [Yearbook for Dutch Book History], Jaarboek voor Nederlandse Boekgeschiedenis (in Dutch), Nederlandse Boekhistorische Vereniging, ISSN 1381-0065 1994-
  • Piet J. Buijnsters (2010). Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse bibliofilie. Boek- en prentverzamelaars 1750-2010 [History of the Dutch bibliophile: book and print collectors] (in Dutch). Nijmegen. ISBN 9789460040436.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Erica van Boven (2015). Bestsellers in Nederland, 1900-2015 (in Dutch). Antwerp: Garant [nl]. ISBN 978-90-441-3288-5.

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