John Filson, the First Historian of Kentucky. An Account of His Life and Writings

Louisville and Cincinnati : The Filson Club / Robert Clarke & Co., 1884. Book. Very Good. Quarter Pebbled Morocco. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Fine in original printed wrappers which were rebound in contemporary quarter pebbled brown morocco over dark brown cloth, gilt lettering at spine, marbled end papers, Very Good, wear to leather at corners and edges, slight toning to plain end papers. Frontis portrait, one large folded map, one facsimile in text, 132 p. Apparently one of a handful of Large Paper copies of this first biography of Filson, whose 1784 work "The Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucke ..." was the first book on Kentucky. The large folded map, Near Fine, a 3" closed tear at left edge where attached to book, is a lithograph reproduction from that book. The Filson Club Publication, Number One. SCARCE in collectible condition. . (Inventory #: 010397)