Fine Books & Manuscripts
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Lot 108
STEPHENS, John Lloyd (1805?1852). Incidents of Travel in Ce...
Estimate: $300 - $500
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STEPHENS, John Lloyd (1805?1852). Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1841. 2 volumes, 8vo. 70 full?page engravings with tissue guards including frontispieces after Frederick Catherwood taken from original daguerreotypes (marginal pale spotting throughout), folding map. Original gilt decorated brown cloth (some tiny chipping at extreme ends). Provenance: Frederick Betts (bookplate laid in). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Stephens? famous work on Mayan archaeology and customs in Central America describing the eight cities that he and Catherwood explored during their travels. Hill 1636; Sabin 91297.
