Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

7 c   (BERMUDA.) Zatta, Antonio. Le Colonie Unite dell’ America Settentrle / Le Isole Bermude. Double-page engraved map of Bermuda inset to a large decorative colonial- themed cartouche. 15x19 3 / 4 inches sheet size, wide margins; original hand-color; light edge spotting. Venice, 1778 [250/350] The title sheet to Zatta’s 12-part edition of John Mitchell’s map of America. 8 c   BERRY, WILLIAM. North America Divided into its Principall Parts Where are Distinguished the Severall States Which Belong to the English, Spanish and French. Large double-page engraved map of North America on two sheets joined. 22 1 / 4 x35 inches sheet size, margins trimmed to the neatline; modified original hand-color in outline; light staining, short repairs and small losses within the sheet though not affecting engraved areas; would restore. London, 1680 [but 1681] [3,000/4,000] “ the anglicising of the continent ” (Burden). Very scarce large-format English map of North America following the Sanson/Jaillot model. Burden 532. 8 7

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