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Stock# 62606
Description
Decorative large scale map of Africa, published by Ottens in Amsterdam.
Includes a lively cartouche, with a number of animals and a native wrestling a crocodile.
Reiner & Joshua Ottens Biography
The Ottens brothers, Reiner and Joshua, operated a successful printing partnership in the mid-eighteenth century (fl. 1726-1765). They began the venture in 1726, publishing maps and other prints as “R & I Ottens.” They specialized in the reprinting of others’ work, especially Guillaume De L’Isle. In 1750, Reiner died; his soon, also Reiner, took his place, but the firm began listing their works as “Joshua & Reiner Ottens.” The firm lasted until Joshua’s death in 1765. Joshua’s widow, Johanna de Lindt, sold their remaining stock of plates in 1784.
![[Joined Set of the Continents!] Carte D'Amerique . . .1774 / Carte D'Europe . . .1774 / Carte D'Afrique . . .1764 / Carte Asie . . .1764](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/88808.jpg)
