Property from the Speed Art Museum, sold to benefit the acquisitions fund
FILSON, John (1747?-1788). Histoire de Kentucke, nouvelle colonie a l'ouest de la Virginie. Paris: Buisson, 1785.
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FILSON, John (1747?-1788). Histoire de Kentucke, nouvelle colonie a l'ouest de la Virginie. Paris: Buisson, 1785.
8o (196 x 122 mm). Half-title. Engraved folding map of Kentucky (some light spotting). (Some light browning.) Contemporary mottled calf (dry, hinges starting, corners bumped, some chipping to head and foot of spine). Provenance: Fs. Theremin Pasteur (stamp); J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky (bookplate, white manuscript shelf marks on spines, penciled shelf numbers on verso of title).
FIRST FRENCH EDITION of Filson's important first-hand account of the exploration and settlement of the old frontier. Howes F-129; Sabin 24338.
8o (196 x 122 mm). Half-title. Engraved folding map of Kentucky (some light spotting). (Some light browning.) Contemporary mottled calf (dry, hinges starting, corners bumped, some chipping to head and foot of spine). Provenance: Fs. Theremin Pasteur (stamp); J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky (bookplate, white manuscript shelf marks on spines, penciled shelf numbers on verso of title).
FIRST FRENCH EDITION of Filson's important first-hand account of the exploration and settlement of the old frontier. Howes F-129; Sabin 24338.