Jun 12 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2708 -

Sale 2708 - Lot 122

Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(KENTUCKY.) John Filson. Histoire de Kentucke, Nouvelle Colonie a l'Ouest de la Virginie. Folding map. [4], xvi, 234 pages including half-title. 8vo, early boards, minor wear; minor foxing; edges tinted red; early "Herzog Bibliotheck" bookplate on front pastedown, period library tag on backstrip. Paris, 1785

Additional Details

First French edition, translated from the 1784 Delaware edition with additions. Featuring important passages on the Shawnees, and a chapter titled "Aventures du Colonel Daniel Boon, contenant la Relation des Guerres de Kentucke." "The first history of Kentucky. It contains the first map of Kentucky and probably the first account of Daniel Boone"--Clark II:27. ""The most famous and important frontier book of the period"--Vail 694, 726 (this edition). Church 1212; Field 537; Howes F129; Sabin 24338.