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CATHERWOOD, Frederick.
Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan.
This very rare work is Catherwood's selection of the best and most interesting views, transferred to stone by some of the foremost lithographers of their day. FIRST EDITION. John Lloyd Stephens (1805-1852) was inspired by the accounts of the ruins of the ancient Central American civilizations published by Antonio del Rio, Guillaume Dupaix and Frederick de Waldeck between 1822 and 1838. Catherwood, an English artist and architect, accompanied Stephens on two journeys totalling more than 3,000 miles to 44 archaeological sites in Honduras, Guatemala and Yucatan between 1839 and 1841. Stephens published two very successful accounts of the travels in 1841 and 1843 (both 2 volumes, with plates after Catherwood).
- Published
- London: F. Catherwood, 1844.
- References
- Sabin 11520; Palau 50290; Tooley 133; Bobins 07.
- Plates
- 26
- Binding/Size
- XL=elephant folio
- Value
- 25001-100000
- Published
- London: F. Catherwood, 1844.
- Ref
- 5535
Large folio, chromolithographed title by Owen Jones, dedication, 24pp, 26 hand-coloured lithographed plates mounted on 25 cards after sketches by the author. Preserved in a green morocco-backed cloth box, spine gilt-lettered within a decorative gilt frame, text in original yellow wrappers. Only 300 copies were printed. "The letterpress is by John Stephens, with whom Catherwood traveled throughout the region described from 1839. "In a real sense, they were the people who rediscovered the glories of the Mayan civilization, which had remained hidden, overgrown by jungle, for a thousand years. Catherwood's illustrations convey the beauty and mystery of these forgotten treasures and combine the earliest depictions in modern times" (Sabin). Coloured plates in order: No captions. 1. Title page. 2. [Idol at Copan.] 3. [Pyramidal Building and Fragments of Sculpture at Copan.] 4. [Back of an Idol, at Copan.] 5. [Broken Idol at Copan.] 6. [Idol and Altar at Copan.] 7. [General View of Palenque.] 8. [Principal Court of the Palace at Palenque / Interior of Casa No. III Palenque.] 9. [General View of Las Monjas, ay Uxmal.] 10. [Ornament over principal doorway, Casa del Gobernados, Uxmal.] 11. Archway: Casa del Gobernados, Uxmal.] 12. [Gateway of the great Teocallis, Uxmal.] 13. [Ornament over the gateway of the great Teocallis, Uxmal.] 14. [General View of Uxmal, taken from the Archway of Las Monjas, looking south.] 15. [Portion of a Building; Las Monjas, Uxmal.] 16. [Portion of La Casa de Las Monjas, Uxmal.] 17. [General View of Kabah.] 18. [Interior of the principal building at Kabah.] 19. [Well and building at Sabachtsche.] 20. [Gateway at Laborah.] 21. [Well, at Bolonchen.] 22. [Las Monjas, Chichen-Itza.] 23. [Teocallis, at Chichen-Itza.] 24. [Castle, at Tuloom.] 25. [Temple at Tuloom.] 26. [Colossal Head at Izamal.]