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

15 15 c   BRAUN, GEORG; and HOGEN- BERG, FRANZ. Chios. Double-page engraved city plan from Civitates Orbis Ter- rarum. 16 1 / 4 x21 1 / 2 inches sheet size, wide margins, Latin text on verso; sheet browned with minor staining. Cologne, [1572] [200/300] 16 16 c   BRAUN, GEORG; and HOGENBERG, FRANZ. Mexico, Regia et Celebris Hispaniae Novae Civitas / Cusco, Regni Peru in Novo Orbe Caput. Double-page engraved sheet with two perspective plans. 16x21 inches sheet size, wide margins, Latin text on verso; hand-colored; small stain at lower margin. Cologne, [1572] [500/750] 17 c   (BRAZIL.) Blaeu, Johannes. Brasilia. Double-page engraved map of Brazil. 16x19 1 / 2 inches sheet size, left and right margins shaved to neatline, German text on verso; original outline hand-color. Amsterdam, circa 1640 [250/350] 18 c   (BRAZIL.) Blaeu, Johannes (after.) Nova et Accurata Brasiliae Totius Tabula. Double-page engraved map of Brazil. 20 1 / 2 x24 inches sheet size, ample margins, blank verso; original hand-color; vertical crease at center, a few small marginal tears and edge wear, still quite attractive. Amsterdam: Pieter Schenk Junior, circa 1720 [400/600]