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FREDERICK CATHERWOOD ARCHt.
by von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang; (Aldous Huxley, Introduction)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Oxford Univ Press, 1950. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Text/Bright, sound, As New. Gilt embossed blue linen boards/VG; push to upper front corner, faint discoloration to edges, and evidence of water spill leading front edge. DJ/VG; strong & sound w/nips, chips, closed tears & small losses to edges, and staining from front boards to inner front fold; under mylar. Biography of English artist and architect Frederick Catherwood (1799 - 1854) best known for his drawings of the ruins of the Maya civilization rendered when he explored Mesoamerica with American explorer, writer, and diplomat John Lloyd Stephens (1805 - 1852). They were pivotal figures in the rediscovery of Maya civilization; their Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatán and Incidents of Travel in Yucatán remain classics. This biography includes reproduction of Catherwood's series of twenty-five lithographic "Views of Ancient Monuments. Strong copy despite flaws.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009440
- Title
- FREDERICK CATHERWOOD ARCHt.
- Author
- von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang; (Aldous Huxley, Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Biography/Archeaology/Maya/Yucatan/John Lloyd Stephens
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Archaeology;
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