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FIRST BOOK ON KENTUCKY FILSON, JOHN. The Discovery, Settlement And present State of Kentucke. Lacks the folding map. 8vo, 19th-century 1/2
FIRST BOOK ON KENTUCKY FILSON, JOHN. The Discovery, Settlement And present State of Kentucke. Lacks the folding map. 8vo, 19th-century 1/2 straight-grained morocco, worn, front cover detached; minor toning, some damptaining to title; George Waddinton's bookplate on the front pastedown and signature in pencil on the front free endpaper. Wilmington, Delaware: James Adams, 1784
- Notes: first edition of the first book on kentucky and the first biography of daniel boone. This copy lacks the separately issued map as usual. No copy of the work with the map has come on the market in almost 80 years. The map is so scarce that at times it has been thought not to exist. This copy belonged to the traveller and historian George Waddington, whose library was sold in 1869. Howes F129; Evans 18467; Sabin 24336; Graff 1323; Church 1202; Streeter sale 1621; Siebert sale 297.
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