Rare 2 Volume Set of INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN YUCATAN by John Lloyd Stephens | Illustrated by 120 Engravings | Complete in 2 Volumes | Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers, For Henry Bill, 1848 | Each fully bound in matching embossed leather with red labels and gold gilt lettering to spine l 2 Engraved Folding Frontispieces; xii, [9]-459: xvi, [9]-478, [1, catalog] pages | One work in two quarto volumes. Two engraved folding frontispieces, one folding map, one smaller map, sixty-four engraved illustrated plates, ten full page engravings, and forty-eight in text engravings. "This is the extended narrative of the travels of Stephens and Catherwood, describing all forty-four ruined cities." - [Hill, 1638]. John Lloyd Stephens (November 28, 1805 – October 13, 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 railroad | Exterior and bindings sound and intact; Interior toned and sporadic foxing, minor pest damage to Vol 2 titled page.