xvi, 433, [1 (blank)], [20] pp. Illustrated with 2 folding copper-engraved maps, including a plan of the Rapids of the Ohio and Filson's folding copper-engraved map of Kentucky; also, a folding table showing the distances between Pittsburgh and the mouth of the Ohio. 8x5, period calf, gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Second Edition, with considerable Additions.

Important work on the trans-Alleghany region as settlers were streaming in following the American Revolution, in which conflict the author served as a captain in the American Army. Second half of the book includes John Filson's "The Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucky," and his map, which did not appear in the first edition. Lacks the copper-engraved frontispiece map. Howes I 12; Sabin 34355.