Oct 10, 2002 - Sale 1946

Sale 1946 - Lot 167

Price Realized: $ 2,530
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
MAYAN RUINS DEL RIO, ANTONIO. Description of the Ruins of an Ancient City, discovered near Palenque, in the Kingdom of Guatemala. 17 lithographed plates. 4to, early 1/2 calf, needs rebinding; half-title and title loose, dampstaining in the lower right corner, just touching a few of the images. London, 1822

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Captain Del Rio discovered and examined the now famous ruins of Palenque in 1787, but his manuscript report remained in the provincial archives of Guatemala until a short time prior to their translation and publication in the present form"--Sabin 71446.<