Editing Laurens Janszoon Coster (section)

==300th anniversary==
[[File:Martinus Holtzhey - Laurens Jansz Coster 300 jaar.jpg|thumb|Laurens Jansz Coster 300 years of Typographia]]
In 1740 [[Martin Holtzhey]] produced a medal to commemorate 300 years of printing and Coster's invention. At the top of the allegorical scene, the heraldic shields of 4 men can be seen in addition to the [[coat of arms of Haarlem]]. They were all mayors of Haarlem and their names were Anthony van Styrum (1679-1756), who also served in the admiralty of Amsterdam, Pieter van der Camer (1666-1747), who commissioned his own commemorative medal to celebrate 50 years in the service of the ''vroedschap'' of Haarlem in 1743, Jan van Dyck, and Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn (1694-1744), who himself was a collector of medals and who lived at [[Castle Brederode|Brederode]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5eQwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA142 Beschrijving van nederlandsche historie-penningen, Volumes 1-5], index of medals in continuation of the work by [[Gerard van Loon]], 1821</ref> This medal set a historical precedent in Haarlem for commemorative medals; Sypesteyn's son [[Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn]] (1723-1788) later became the founding director of the learned society [[Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen]] and its offshoot, the "Oeconomische Tak", and he hired Holtzhey's son Johann Georg to commission prize medals for both societies.
[[Image:Statue-Haarlem-Laurens Janszoon Coster.jpg|thumb|Statue of Laurens Janszoon Coster on the Grote Markt in [[Haarlem]], where he was born. He holds the letter "A" up high.]]