Author: George Imlay; [Gilbert Imlay]
Title: A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America: Containing a Succinct Account of Its Soil, Climate, Natural History, Population, Agriculture, Manners, and Customs. With an Ample Description of the Several Division Into Which That Country Is Partitioned; to Which Are Added, the Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucky. And an Essay Towards the Topography, and Natural History of That Important Country
Description: London, J. Debrett, 1793. Leather. The second edition of Gilbert Imlay's influential and very important study on the Western States of America, complete with folding maps. The second edition. Smartly rebound in a modern quarter calf binding.Half-title present.Illustrated with a folding map to the frontispiece, two folding maps, and one folding table.Collated, complete.'A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America' details the topography of the Western States and its settlements, a very detailed exploration in which Imlay details the climate, natural history, popularation, custom, agriculture, manners, and more. Including an interesting look into the settlement of Kentucky and its present state post-American Revolutionary War.Also including an essay by John Filson, 'An Essay Towards the Topography and Natural History of that Important Country&apos. Including the adventures of Daniel Boon, the minutes of the Piankashaw Council on the 15th April 1784, and an account of the Indian Nations.Gilbert Imlay was one of the earliest American writers to gain popularity worldwide, with this work and his novel 'The Emigrants&apos. He is best known today for his affair with the renowned Mary Wollstonecraft, which resulted in the birth of Franny Imlay.The influential travel work of Gilbert Imlay. Rebound in a quarter calf binding with marbled paper to the boards and new endpapers. Externally, smart. Spine is very lightly faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spots. Neat repairs to the folding map frontispiece, and a smaller neat repair to the reverse of the folding map to the rear. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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