Author: [International Exhibition Amsterdam 1895].
Title: Oud-Hollandt's Nieustydinghe. [Year] 1895, No. 1 - 174.
Description: [Amsterdam, bij de kinderen van Izaak en Johannes Enschedé, 1895]. Unpaginated. Complete set of 174 numbers, 4 pages each. . B./w. ills (small woodengravings). Bound together in contemp. antique style full vellum binding, richly gilt, 1 mor. letterpiece, marbled endpapers. Small folio. - Parts of spine loose (split); marbled endpapers. Complete set of 174 numbers. Contains advertisments of a.o. Wynand Focking and Verkade.- - This daily program leaflet of 4 pages appeared daily between May 31 and October 31, 1895. The were issued on the occassion of the exhibition: Oud-Holland, an international exhibition promoting tourism. The World's Fair, which lasted until October 31, 1895, opened on May 11, 1895. The biggest attraction was the miniature village of Oud Holland with facades from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The facades were more or less copies, drawn by Isaac Gosschalk, of buildings from various Dutch cities. Four facades, including that of the Waag, came from Enkhuizen. This allowed visitors to travel throughout Holland in one day.

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