Steen en boek drukkerij – Drukkerij Mulder – Stone & Book publishing – Miller Publishing © Gaia Son
The iconic windmill in the Dutch landscape is equally ubiquitous in literature and graphic representations. Here in this painted advert, it is used as a reference as to what the windmill can do, other than pumping water out to the sea, but milling grain. Mulder in Dutch is Miller and the windmill is a miller’s most prized tool- but the stone is the printer’s most prized tool – a smooth limestone surface used in lithographic printing, which was developed in the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1796 by German author and actor Alois Senefelder.
© Gaia Son
Jaarboekje voor geschiedenis en oudheidkunde van Leiden en Rijnland. Tevens orgaan van de vereeniging Oud Leiden 1940 – Yearbook for the history and archeology of Leiden and Rhineland. Also the document of the Union of Old Leiden 1940 – P.J. Mulder & Zoon
Taken from the above historical publication printed by P.J. Mulder & Son, This is the Coat of Arms & Motto of Leiden: Haec Libertatis Ergo – Omwille van de vrijheid – For the sake of freedom – which refers to the time of the Dutch resistance against the Spaniards in the sixteenth century, given the time of this printing in 1940 during the German Occupation, its meaning resounded.
Haec Libertatis Ergo Geocoin Antique Silver – Geocaching Coin – CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE
© Gaia Son
Peddling of print works on the public street – Het venten van drukwerk op de openbare straat – (Leiden – P.J. Mulder en Zoon, 1895)
© Gaia Son
Title page from Het Venten van drukwerk op de openbare straat by J.J. van Riemsdijk Kreenen
© Gaia Son
P.J. Mulder & zoon, Boek en Steendrukkerij Breestraat 70 (1872 – 1951)
Photo taken on March 12, 2007 www.ipernity.com/doc/288839/16965727 © Michiel 2005
Other samples of printed materials by Mulder:
Board game manufactured by the Dutch Savings Band – www.hongs.nl/index.asp?u=Mulder%20Leyden&vi=li
www.hongs.nl/index.asp?u=Mulder%20Leyden&vi=li
