17 - [America] FILSON (John). History of Kentucky, a New Colony West of Virginia: containing, 1. The Discovery, Acquisition, Settlement, Topographical Description, Natural History, etc., of the Territory. 2. The historical account by Colonel Boon, one of the first settlers, of the wars against the Native Americans. 3. The assembly of the Piankashaws at Saint Vincent Post. 4° A brief account of the Indian nations inhabiting the territory of the Thirteen United States, their manners and customs, and reflections on their origin; and other pieces. A work intended as a sequel to *Letters from an American Farmer*. Translated from the English by M. Parraud. Paris, Buisson, 1785. One volume, in-8, post-envelope half-vellum, leather title label. (2) ff., XVI, 234 pp.

[America] FILSON (John). History of Kentucky, a New Colony West of Virginia: containing, 1. The Discovery, Acquisition, Settlement, Topographical Description, Natural History, etc., of the Territory. 2. The historical account by Colonel Boon, one of the first settlers, of the wars against the Native Americans. 3. The assembly of the Piankashaws at Saint Vincent Post. 4° A brief account of the Indian nations inhabiting the territory of the Thirteen United States, their manners and customs, and reflections on their origin; and other pieces. A work intended as a sequel to *Letters from an American Farmer*. Translated from the English by M. Parraud. Paris, Buisson, 1785. One volume, in-8, post-envelope half-vellum, leather title label. (2) ff., XVI, 234 pp. First edition of the French translation, published one year after the 1784 American edition, of the first historical work devoted to Kentucky. A complete copy featuring the valuable fold-out map of Kentucky, engraved by André, dedicated to the United States Congress and to George Washington. It constitutes the first detailed cartographic representation of the territory, showing, in particular, waterways, colonial settlements, forts, and Native American villages. This translation is further enriched by several texts absent from the original American edition.