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Title: A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America: Containing A Succinct Account of its Soil, Climate, Natural History, Population, Agriculture, Manners, and Customs. With an ample Description of the several Divisions into which that Country is partitioned; To Which Are Added, The Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucky. And An Essay towards the Topography, and Natural History of the important Country. By John Filson. To Which is Added, I. The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon, one of the First Settlers, comprehending every important Occurrence in the Political History of that Province. II. The Minutes of the Piankashaw Council, held at Post St. Vincent's, April 15, 1784. III. An Account of the Indian Nations inhabiting within the Limits of the Thirteen Unites States; their Manners and Customs; and Reflections on their Origin Author: Imlay, Gilbert Place: London Publisher: J. Debrett Date: 1793 Description: [4], xvi, 433, [1 blank], [20] + [2] ad pp. Illustrated with a large folding copper-engraved map frontispiece, a folding copper-engraved plan of the Rapids of the Ohio; folding table showing the distances between Pittsburg and the mouth of the Ohio; and Filson's folding copper-engraved map of Kentucky. 20.5x13 cm. (8¼x5"), modern full calf, spine gilt, new endpapers. Second Edition, with considerable Additions. Important work on the trans-Alleghany region as settlers were streaming in following the American Revolution, in which conflict the author served as a captain in the American Army. Second half of the book includes John Filson's "The Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucky," and his important map of Kentucky, which did not appear in the first edition. Howes I 12; Sabin 34355. Lot Amendments Condition: Frontispiece map with neat repair along fold, some offsetting from the maps, near fine in modern binding. Item number: 227900