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Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co., London, 1854
19th century rebacking with original full calf boards, board edges gilt embossed with floral motif, spine with 5 compartments with gilt images divided by gilt tooled bands, black calf label on 2. , An excellent example, text and plates are clean and crisp, in period decorative binding., 8vo, P. (3), frontis, title, printer’s imprint, preface iii-iv, biography v-vi, contents vii-xiv, list of plates xv-xvi, 1-548, (3)., Complete with 28 plates (2 folding), a portrait of Stephens, a map of Central America, and many in-text woodcuts.
This is a posthumous edition of Stephens’ voyage, revised by Frederick Catherwood, the book’s illustrator. The explorations done by Stephens and Catherwood opened a new chapter for archaeological research into the Mayan people. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"But even this progress might have been delayed had it not been for Stephens the writer, for his account of his discoveries went through ten editions in three months, laying the foundation (so excellent were his judgments) on which Maya archaeology has since rested\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" (V. Von Hagen, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Maya Explorer”). Griffen 1213: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Probably the most widely read and enjoyed books on American archaeology, these recount the adventures and describe most carefully, for the first time, the antiquities that Stephens and his artist-architect companion, Catherwood, encountered in the Maya country.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Field 1496: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"It is difficult to believe that two individuals were capable of such an astonishing amount of labor, as is evidenced in these volumes. The wonderful structure of the race of Indians which once inhabited the peninsula of Central America are here described by pen and pencil, with great clearness and minuteness.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" ”The artistic upshot of the expedition was the first non-fiction international best-seller produced by an American” (Glassman, “On the Trail of the Maya Explorer”)., V. Von Hagen,
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