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

19 c   (BRAZIL.) Hondius, Henricus. Accuratissima Brasiliae Tabula. Double-page engraved map of Brazil with cannibalistic vignettes. 18 1 / 2 x21 1 / 2 inches sheet size, wide margins, French text on verso; original hand-color; some marginal staining, lower centerfold reinforced on verso, still an attractive example. Amsterdam, circa 1640 [500/750] together with : Bowen, Emanuel. A New & Accurate Map of Brasil Divided into its Captainships. Engraved folding map, 16x20 1 / 2 inches sheet size, wide margins; mat staining, desiccated tape stains to margins. London, circa 1744. 20 c   BURR, DAVID H. United States. Hand-colored engraved pocket map of the United States with 6 city details inset. 18 1 / 2 x22 inches sheet size, folding into original gilt stamped 12mo format calf case (front cover detached); original outline hand-color; sheet browned with small separations to fold intersections, most notably with a small amount of loss at Maryland and Pennsylvania. New York: J.H. Colton, 1833 [600/900] 21 c   BURRITT, ELIJAH H.; and POWER, JAMES BUELL. Burritt’s Sectional and Township Map of Minnesota. Large-format lithographed pocket map of Minnesota with decorative title. 35x31 1 / 4 inches overall, folding into original red pebbled card case; folder spine split and covers attached with tape, map quite nice with only light browning along fold lines. St. Paul, 1871 [400/600] 21