John L. Stephens - Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan - 1871

Original edition in dark-brown cloth bindings with blind stamps, title and author on the spine - Harper & Brothers, 10th (1871) and 12th (1871) editions (first published in 1841) - 424, 474 pp. + 77 engravings, mostly on plates and partly in the text.

“The most extensive journey ever made by a stranger in that peninsula, and contain the account of visits to forty-four ruined cities, or places in which remains or vestiges of ancient population were found.”

Complete with magnificent engravings.

‘John Lloyd Stephens (Shrewsbury (New Jersey), 28 November 1805 - New York, 13 October 1852) was an American explorer, writer, and diplomat. Stephens was a pivotal figure in the rediscovery of Maya civilization throughout Middle America and in the planning of the Panama railway.’

Contents (see pictures of the content pages):
Volume I - 19 chapters, including: Arrival Balize, Puenta Gorda, Canonigo, Earthquake, Zacapa, Chiquimula, Imprisonment-release, Copan, Chimalapa, La Antigua, Guatimala, La Garita, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, etc etc.
Volume II - 27 chapters, including: Volcano of Masaya, San Salvador, Rio Paz, Quiraga, Tecpan Guatimala, Quiche, Quezaltenango, Palenque, Yucatan, Uxmal, Merida, etc. etc.
Appendix.

Condition:
Ex-library marks on spine and endpapers. Cloth of volume 2 partly split at the joint. Good binding threads, good, clean and odourless paper. A beautiful, well-preserved complete set.

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