IMLAY, Gilbert (ca 1754-1828). A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America. London: J. Debrett, 1793.
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Lot Description
IMLAY, Gilbert (ca 1754-1828). A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America. London: J. Debrett, 1793.
8vo (204 x 125 mm). Half-titles. Folding frontispiece map, 2 additional folding maps, and 1 folding table of distances. 20th-century calf, gilt.
Second edition of Imlay's account of western expansion; expanded by the addition of John Filson's The Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucky (see lot 289), continually paginated comprising pp.269-415. With the author's name on the title-page erroneously listed as "George" instead of Gilbert. Bradford 2572; ESTC T51472; Howes I-12; Sabin 34355
Property from the Estate of Mary Patricia Reynolds, Bowling Green, Kentucky
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