Stephens, John L. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848, 2 vols. 8vo, embossed publisher's morocco, maroon title boxes on spine, gilt spine lettering, marbled endpapers and page edges; vol. 1: xii, 459pp, foldout frontis, folding map; vol. 2: xvi, 478pp, foldout frontis. Inspired as a young man by explorers such as von Humboldt and Galindo, John Lloyd Stephens started making plans in the mid-1830s to go to Central America and produce a better account than those available. Failing to obtain the post of Ambassador to Holland in 1839, President Van Buren commissioned him Special Ambassador to Central America. Between ambassadorial duties and staying alive during the civil war that erupted in the Federal Republic of Central America while he was there, Stephens was able to visit a number of Maya ruins. With traveling companion and draftsman Frederick Catherwood whom he met in London in 1836, they would document the ruins as none had before. Shortly after his return to the states, Stephens produced Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan, and promised to expand on the latter. He did in 1843. The volumes are profusely illustrated with Catherwood's meticulous drawings of buildings, stelae, mounds, and more. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Dr. Fred E. Schwab Condition: Leather scuffed, worn; corners bumped. Light foxing throughout. Tissue guards tend to be heavily toned, but very little toning to leaves. Map in good shape other than light toning. Foldout frontispieces have had "refold errors," but otherwise are fine.
Stephens, John L. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848, 2 vols. 8vo, embossed publisher's morocco, maroon title boxes on spine, gilt spine lettering, marbled endpapers and page edges; vol. 1: xii, 459pp, foldout frontis, folding map; vol. 2: xvi, 478pp, foldout frontis. Inspired as a young man by explorers such as von Humboldt and Galindo, John Lloyd Stephens started making plans in the mid-1830s to go to Central America and produce a better account than those available. Failing to obtain the post of Ambassador to Holland in 1839, President Van Buren commissioned him Special Ambassador to Central America. Between ambassadorial duties and staying alive during the civil war that erupted in the Federal Republic of Central America while he was there, Stephens was able to visit a number of Maya ruins. With traveling companion and draftsman Frederick Catherwood whom he met in London in 1836, they would document the ruins as none had before. Shortly after his return to the states, Stephens produced Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan, and promised to expand on the latter. He did in 1843. The volumes are profusely illustrated with Catherwood's meticulous drawings of buildings, stelae, mounds, and more. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Dr. Fred E. Schwab Condition: Leather scuffed, worn; corners bumped. Light foxing throughout. Tissue guards tend to be heavily toned, but very little toning to leaves. Map in good shape other than light toning. Foldout frontispieces have had "refold errors," but otherwise are fine.
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