Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, By John L. Stephens, Author of ?Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia, Petraea, and the Holy Land,? etc. / Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. In Two Volumes.

Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, By John L. Stephens, Author of ?Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia, Petraea, and the Holy Land? etc. / Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. In Two Volumes. 1841. New York: Harper & Brothers.

4to (5.625x9.125") Blindstamped gilt spine and cover. Light black cloth with gilted emblem. 2 volumes; 424, 477 pp. Illustrated from drawings by Frederick Catherwood, including 34 steel-engraved plates; 29 lithographed plates; 4 wood-engraved plates; 9 wood-engravings in the text; folding map. Octavo (9" x 5 1/4"), original black cloth decorated in gilt. First edition.

John Lloyd Stephens (November 28, 1805 – October 13, 1852) was an American explorer, writer, and diplomat. He was a pivotal figure in the rediscovery of Maya civilization throughout Middle America.

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