Collection highlights of Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Gallery of selected pages from KB collection highlights[edit]

Aardige sprookjes[edit]

Front
Title page
p 7 - Tafeltje dekje, ezeltje strekje
p 18 - De groote worst
p 43 - de kaboutermannetjes
p 48 - De rattenvanger van Hamelen

Album amicorum of Jacobus Heyblocq (1623-1690), rector of the Latin school in Amsterdam[edit]

Front of album binding
p007 - Jacobus Heyblocq - Dedication of the album
p011 - Joost van den Vondel - Poem
p039 - Constantijn Huygens - Inscription
p061 - Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn - Drawing - The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
p237 - Inscription by Jacob Cats and a drawing of a woman's head wearing a cap by Joannes Cool

Album amicorum of Jacoba Cornelia Bolten (1787-1859)[edit]

Front of album
01r
02r
03r
04r
05r

Album amicorum of Petronella Moens (1762-1843), literary expert[edit]

Front cover
001r
007r
032r
089r
101r

Album amicorum of Samuel Johannes van den Bergh (1814-1868), poet and pharmacist[edit]

Front
001r
002r
005r
006v
026r

Atlas Ortelius 1571, collection KB[edit]

Front of binding
Title page
001av-001br
002av-002br
003av-003br
004av-004br

Atlas van Dirk van der Hagen (volledig, collectie KB)[edit]

Volume 1 - 002 - NOVISSIMA TOTIUS TERRARUM ORBIS TABULA -Wereldkaart in 2 hemisferen
Volume 1 - 067 - NOBILISSIMI ALBIS FLUVII OSTIA, nec non HAMBURGENSE et alia Territoria adjacentia
Volume 2 - 055 - Novissima et accuratissima XVII PROVINCIARUM GERMANIAE INFERIORIS Delineatio
Volume 3 - 068 - Stadsprofiel van- VENETIA
Volume 4 - 056 - AFRICAE ACCURATA TABULA
Volume 4 - 100 - Kaart van de Zuidpool

Beatrijs (manuscript)[edit]

Front of brown leather binding of the Beatrijs manuscript, containing Die Dietsche Doctrinale by Jan van Boendale, the Beatrijs poem, Heimelicheit der heimelicheden by Jacob van Maerlant and other texts
Handwritten table of contents for the manuscript
First page of Die Dietsche Doctrinale by Jan van Boendale
First page of the Beatrijs poem
First page of Heimelicheit der heimelicheden by Jacob van Maerlant

See also category: Beatrijs (audio) – for audio files related to this manuscript.

Reward letter for the family of Balthasar Gerards[edit]

front cover
page 1v
page 2r
signature of Alonso de Laloo, secretary of Philip II
signature of King Philip II
wax seal

Book of Hours Bout Psalter[edit]

Front
page 001r - Calendar for January
015v - Computational tables for calculating the day of Easter
page 017v
page 080r
page 119v

Buiten! Waar de vogels fluiten[edit]

Front
page 2
page 3
page 7
page 10
page 11

Calligraphy album of Guillaume Silvius[edit]

voorplat
page 003r
page 010r
page 021r
page 037r
page 048r

Chassidic Legends (suite I)[edit]

Title page

Chassidic Legends (suite II)[edit]

Title page

Cheops[edit]

Front
page 6
page 7
page 10
page 13
page 14

Dat heerlijke kerstfeest![edit]

1
2
3
6
8
9

De Bazar, edition 15 juni 1887[edit]

Front
page 1
page 2
page 4
page 5
page 7

De nieuwe rijschool[edit]

Front
Title page
4
8
14
24

Der naturen bloeme[edit]

Front of binding
page 009r
page 042r
Miniature - Elephas (elephant) - page 054r
Miniature - Grus (crane) - page 087v
page 120v

See also category: Miniatures from Der naturen bloeme - KB KA 16 – for miniatures from this manuscript.

Die hystorie vanden grooten Coninck Alexander[edit]

page 000r
page 000v
page 001r
page 005r
page 038r
page 053v

Een aardig prentenboek (1860)[edit]

page 05
page 11
page 19
page 23
page 37
page 45

Egmond Gospels[edit]

IVr
page 001r
page 012r
page 070v
page 145v
page 214v

Flora Batava (KB)[edit]

Title page Flora Batava (KB), Volume 1, 1800
Veronica chamaedrys (Plate 0001)
Description of Veronica chamaedrys (Plate 0001) in Dutch 01
Veronica officinalis (Plate 0081)
Angelica sylvestris (Plate 0311)
Description of Angelica sylvestris (Plate 0311) in French 01

Hours of Philip the Good[edit]

Title page
page 2r
page 10r
page 152v
page 211r
page 221r

Getijdenboek van Simon de Varie[edit]

Vol. 1- Front of binding
Vol. 1 - page 001r - Mary enthroned, holding the Christ-child, with Simon de Varie kneeling before her
Vol. 1- page 042v
Vol. 2 - folio 001v
Vol. 2 - folio 083r
Vol. 2- Detail - Gemini (with the coat of arms of Simon de Varie)

Book of hours Wolfgang Hopyl[edit]

Front of binding
January
page 001r
page 001v
page 017r
page 122r

Gruuthusehandschrift[edit]

page 01v
page 02r
page 06r
page 23v
page 39r
page 85r

Haags liederenhandschrift[edit]

Front of binding
Title page
page 2r
page 25r
page 52v
page 67v

Hoe de vogels aan een koning kwamen[edit]

page 1r
page 2r
page 3r
page 16r
page 27r
page 32r

Hoera! Wij gaan op reis[edit]

Front
page 2
page 3
page 6
page 8
page 10

Hot printing van H.N. Werkman[edit]

Front page
page 1r
page 1v
page 8r
page 13r
page 21v

Kattendijkekroniek[edit]

IIv
page 021r
page 048v
page 134v
page 193v
page 423r

Kleine gedigten voor kinderen[edit]

Kleine gedigten voor kinderen - title page
Kleine gedigten voor kinderen - 004b
Kleine gedigten voor kinderen - 004d.jpg
049
080b
098d

Koddige avonturen van den vos en den ooievaar[edit]

front
title page
page 5
page 10
page 14
page 22

Korte verhandeling van God, de mensch, en deszelvs welstand[edit]

page 002r
page 004ar
page 008r
page 071v
page 100r
page 191r

Chroniques de Froissart (KB 72 A 25)[edit]

Ir
page 001r
page 036v
page 128v
Detail - The battle of Navaret

See also category: Chroniques de Froissart, vol 1 - Den Haag, KB : 72 A 25 (details) – for miniatures from this manuscript.

Kunst en samenleving[edit]

Front
Title page
v
page 50
Detail
Titelhoofd met palingen

See also category: Kunst en samenleving (KB - KW 1310 F 3 - details) – for page details from this book.

Lancelotcompilatie[edit]

Front of binding
iv
page 001r
page 018v
page 045r
page 235r

Liber Pantegni[edit]

binding
viii
page 001r
page 026v
page 077v
page 089r

Mare Liberum[edit]

front
page 002r
page 015
page 036
page 057
page 064

Meisje... look out for a baby![edit]

Front
page 2
page 3
page 4
page 5
page 6

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (KB)[edit]

Title page
page 000r
plaat 2
page 011
plaat 40
plaat 56

Mijnheer Prikkebeen[edit]

Front
001
020
050
057
074

Naenia en Jan Toorop[edit]

Title page
After title page
page 001r
page 002r
page 008r
page 014v

Nederlandsche spreekwoorden[edit]

page 1
page 5
page 10
page 14
page 16
page 18

Nederlandsche vogelen van Nozeman en Sepp[edit]

Cover of Vol. 1 (1770)
Title page of Vol. 1
Godwit
Black grouse
Eurasian wigeon
Wild turkey

Prent-A-B-Boekje[edit]

Front
Title page
page 05
page 12
page 28
page 45

Prentenboek 'De boerderij'[edit]

Front
page 2
page 4
page 8
page 11
page 13

Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine[edit]

Front of binding
page 001v - Calendar, January, a two-faced man dining
page 010r - Calendar, September, Two bloodlettings, inbetween Libra
page 012v - Calendar, December, a man slaughtering a pig and singeing off his bristles
page 088r - Psalm 68, Salvum me fac deus, quoniam intraverunt aque usque ad animam meam, Jonah and the whale
page 163v

Recueil des histoires de Troyes[edit]

cover
fl001r
page 001v
page 003r
page 175v
page 194r

Sint Nikolaas en zijn knecht[edit]

Front
Title page
001r
002r
020r
024v

Specilla circularia, Johannes Hudde over telescopen[edit]

page 0
page 1
page 2
page 3
page 4
page 5

Atlas De Wit 1698, collection KB[edit]

Front of binding
pl017 - Leiden
pl018a - Amsterdam, Dam
pl035-'s - Gravenhage
pl070 - Brussel
pl071 - Antwerpen

Sprookjes uit de nalatenschap van Moeder de Gans[edit]

Front
Title page print
Het aardmannetje
Kluchtig sprookje van dokter alwetend

Stirpivm insignium nobilitatis, tum etiam sodalium[edit]

front
005r
page 008r
page 046r
page 061r
page 198r

Trivulzio book of hours[edit]

Back side of red morocco leather binding from the 18th century with gilt stamped
January
page 013v
page 014r
page 129r
page 262v

Admirandorum quadruplex spectaculum[edit]

Titelpagina / Title page
18 - Bonn opwaarts trekkende naar het Zevengebergte / Bonn migrating upwards to the Seven Mountains
21 - Paleis Het Loo het koninklijk hof op het Loo, van voren / Paleis Het Loo the royal court on Het Loo, from the front
42 - Sorgvliet, gelegen aan de Scevelinger weg, het lusthuis van de Graaf van Portland / Sorgvliet, located on Scevelinger road, the pleasure house of the Earl of Portland
48 - Den Haag, het Binnenhof en galerij naar de Franse kerk / The Hague, the Binnenhof and gallery to the French church
62 - Amsterdam, Herengracht, ziende van de Spiegelstraat naar de Leidsche straat. / Amsterdam, Herengracht, looking from Spiegelstraat to Leidsche Straat

Visboek van Adriaen Coenen[edit]

page 003r
page 099r
page 230r
page 306r
page 310r
page 389r

Beyeren armorial[edit]

Front of brown leather binding by Lodewijk Elzevier from 1581
folio 001v
folio 004v
folio 012r
folio 057r
Coat of arms of Jan van Pietersheim

Wapenboek Nassau-Vianden[edit]

page 01v
Nederlands: Portret van de heraut Nassau-Vianden
English: Portrait of the herald of Nassau-Vianden
page 02r
Nederlands: Wapen van Engelbrecht II van Nassau
English: Coat of arms of Engelbrecht II of Nassau
page 016
Nederlands: Wapen van Willem van Oranje-Nassau
English: Coat of arms of William I, Prince of Orange
page 20r
Nederlands: Alliantiewapen Nassau Loon-Heinsberg
English: Alliance coat of arms of Nassau Loon-Heinsberg
page 31r
Nederlands: Westerborch
English: Westerburg
page 39r
Nederlands: Gravure uit 1618 gemaakt na de dood van Filips Willem, prins van Oranje-Nassau
English: Engraving from 1618 made after the death of Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554-1618)