Frédéric de Waldeck sketchbook, 1825-1852

Sketchbook, probably begun by Waldeck in 1825 while travelling in Mexico, and continued through 1852, after he had returned to Europe, containing drawings of Indian ruins, antiquities, and other sites in central Mexico. The sketches, some of which are rough pencil outlines, and others detailed color drawings, document temples, pyramids, and carvings primarily in Xochicalco, near Cuernavaca, and a few sites in Papantla and Miacatlán, including the...