Description: Fine Binding- Incidents of Travel Central America Chiapas Yucatan. John L. Stephens. 2 volumes. New York. 1841, 1856. Octavo. 424, 474 pages. Mixed set. Vol 1 1st edition 1841, Vol 2. 1856. All plates are present. Uniformly bound mixed set in tan terra cotta morocco and marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Moderate foxing throughout. Text is clean and tight. Joints, hinges and spine ends are flawless. Gilt titling on spine with 5 bands. Numerous text and full page illustrations. Original hand typed binder's certificate. John L. Stephens was the first Westerner to explore the ruins of the Mayan civilization, and thus the illustrations in the book are after the first drawings and sketches made on the spot by archaeologists. Initially published in New York and London in 1841, there were many reissues from the same plates. London issues appeared in 1842 and 1843. Harper and Brothers, the New York publishers of the work, put out twelve editions.
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Binding: Fine Binding
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Author: John L. Stephens
Publisher: Harper and Brothers
Topic: Central America
Subject: History
