TEXAS. NEW YORK: J. H. COLTON & CO., 1833, Burr, David H.

Burr, David H.

Engraved pocket map (22 x 18 1/2 in.; 561 x 470 mm), engraved by S. Stiles & Co., contemporary partial handcoloring in outline and blue wash, inset "Plan of the Port of Galveston, made by order of the Mexican Government, by Alexander Thompson of the Mexican Navy in 1828." PROVENANCE: Robert L. B. Tobin (acquired from John Howell Books, 1957; Sotheby's New York, 7 December 1999, lot 310) — Dorothy Sloan Books (2 March 2001, lot 73)

Handsomely framed and double-glazed with UVIII Plexiglass. Tiny losses at intersecting folds, a few scattered fox spots, small ink stain at upper ornamental border and neat line.

We are grateful to Dorothy Sloan for permission to incorporate portions of her description of this map.

Provenance:
Bryan & Hanak 22; Contours of Discovery, p. 53; Crossroads of Empire, p. 32; Martin & Martin 30; Rumsey 5024 (third edition, 1835); Streeter, Texas 1134 (locating only the Yale copy); Taliaferro 247 (1835 issue)