FILSON, John (ca 1747-1788). Histoire de Kentucke, Nouvelle Colonie a l'oueste de la Virginie. Paris: Chez Buisson, 1785.
8vo (202 x 120 mm). Half-title, facsimile fold-out map. (Lacking map, supplied in facsimile, small stain on title page, occasional spotting.) 19th-century quarter calf gilt with marbled boards, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, 2 gilt-lettered, the rest gilt-decorated, edges dyed red. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. Howes F-129; Sabin 24338.
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[KENTUCKY]. M'MURTRIE, Henry (1793-1865). Louisville and Its Environs. Louisville: S. Penn, 1819.
8vo. (212 x 127 mm). Folding map and table. (Splits at creases of map, title and preliminary pages loose, spotting throughout.) 20th century tan calf (spine and front board sunned). FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Alden Spooner (1783-1848), Brooklyn publisher of The Long Island Star (presentation slip); Brooklyn Apprentices' Library, later renamed the Youths Free Library, Brooklyn Institute (stamps, presentation slip); Long Island Historical Society (stamps, 1863 presentation slip). Howes M-174.
Property from the Estate of Mary Patricia Reynolds, Bowling Green, Kentucky
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