Sabin, 24338 (erroneously mention an aditional plate) ; Leclerc, 876 (exact collation).<\/i><\/p>\n
First edition of the first French translation by Parraud. <\/span>According to the title this book served as a sequel to the Letters from an American Farmer<\/i> by John Crevecoeur.<\/p>\n “The translator has made some aditions ; but the map is often missing – being extracted for insertion as a substitute in the Wilmington edition” (Sabin).<\/p>\n It contains : 1. La d\u00e9couverte , l’acquisition, l’\u00e9tablissements la description topogrpahique, l’histoire naturelle etc. du territoire ; 2. La Relation historique du colonel Bon, un des premiers colons, sur les guerres contre les naturels ; 3. L’Assembl\u00e9e de Piankashaws au poste Saint-Vincent ; 4. Un expos\u00e9 succinct des nations indiennes qui habitent dans les limites des Treize \u00c9tats Unis, de leurs m\u0153urs & coutumes, & des r\u00e9flexions sur leur origine.<\/p>\n This copy is complete with the rare map “Carte de Kentucke”, engraved by Andr\u00e9.<\/p>\n Map slightly toned, else a fine copy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 8vo (195 x 119 mm) 2 nn.ll., XVI, 234 pp., 1 large engraved folding map. Contemporary mottled calf, covers with the gilt monogramm ‘LA’, flat spine gilt, red edges (expert restorarions to corners and spine).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":75302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[552],"product_tag":[1223,1370],"class_list":{"0":"post-75309","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-travel","7":"product_tag-map","8":"product_tag-united-states-of-america","9":"pa_auteur-filson-john-2","10":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" John FILSON","chapeau":"With the rare map","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, chez Buisson, 1785","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n