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Stock# 65822
Description
Fine example of this decorative title page, which appeared in Ottens Atlases in the early 18th Century.
The title page incorporates a globe and celestial globe, along with allegorical figures.
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.
![[Title page] Uranographia, sive Astrorum Descriptio](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/77921.jpg)
![[Title Page] Atlas or A Geographicke description of the Regions, Countries and Kingdomes of the world, through Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, represented by new & exact Maps . . .](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/78524.jpg)
![[Title Page] Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Veteris Noti](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/66791.jpg)
![[Title Page] Parergon, sive Veteris Geograpiae aliquot Tabulae . . .](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/71742.jpg)
![[Title Page - Backwards World Map! / California as an Island]](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/41754.jpg)