Van dishoeck In the beginning of the last century Van Dishoeck gained the reputation of being one of the best publishing houses in the Netherlands because of its beautiful, qualitative and renowned list and beautifully designed publications. In 1903 Herman Teirlinck designed the characteristic logo: a book with the Van Dishoeck family arms, an opened edition of Vlaanderen magazine and a line up of several books. On the spines of these books the names of then successful authors were displayed: Marie Marx-Koning, Johan de Meester and Teirlinck himself. In the years that followed, the publishing house was gradually enriched with great Dutch authors such as P.C. Boutens, Herman Heijermans, Karel van de Woestijne, Willem Elsschot, Jan Jacob Slauerhoff, Herman Gorter and A. Roland Holst. In the late twenties the logo was adapted: on the spine of the books the names Cyriel Buysse, A. van Collem, Martinus Nijhoff and Herman Gorter appeared. Marie Marx-Koning became forgotten and was replaced by
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Karel van de Woestijne; the names of De Meester en Teirlinck remained. At the end of the row of books, Theo Thijssen was added. Theo Thijssen was vital to the publishing house’s image. Not only did he publish nearly all his work at Van Dishoeck, but he was very much involved in the development of the children’s books and schoolbook frontlists. As an author and advisor he had a very important part in the growth and quality of the publishing house. In the sixties Van Dishoeck went through a period of strong growth. The publisher had a several successful series, consisting of a hundred books called Van Dishoeck-boekjes, a series called Geschiedenis en Cultuur and had newly introduced the Fibula-series. In order to expand their activities, Van Dishoeck needed money. Van Holkema & Warendorf was financially strong and as the books of both publishers did not interfere with each other, both companies merged in 1965 Today the imprint Van Dishoeck stands for classicand inspiring cookery books.
The envelop of Uitgeverij Van Dishoeck with logo
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