FILSON JOHN The Discovery Settlement And present State of Ke

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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 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

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first edition of the first book on kentucky and the first biography of daniel boone.