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Barent Otsen
Family
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Children
- Hendrickjen Barenszen Otsen · in this lineb. Abt. 1610/11m. Tomys “Thomas” Swartwout, June 3, 1631, at Niuwe-Kerk Church in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Otto Otsen
Life story
An Amsterdam Printer
Barent Otsen established himself as a printer and bookseller in Amsterdam in 1612, publishing a popular riddle book, T Groote Raedtsel Bock, in 1614 and formally joining the city's Booksellers' Guild in 1619. In 1626 he printed De Gulde Harpe, a collection of songs composed by the poet Karel van Mander. Barent worked from a printing house on the Breestraat near the Ox Market, south of Amsterdam's Old Regulator's Gate.
Sources (2)
- Arthur James Weise, The Swartwout Chronicles 1338-1899 and the Ketelhuyn Chronicls 1451-1899 (New York, NY: Trow Directory, Printing and Bookbinding Co., 1899 digital images, Library of Congress (https://lccn.loc.gov/00000989 : accessed 23 January 2025).
- Andrew Brink, Invading Paradise (USA: Xlibris Corporation, 2005).