[JUSTICE] PLUTARQUE.Livre Rare Book
Poems of the Late Francis S. Key Esq. Author of "The Star Spangled Banner.
1857réf. 140946332New York: Robert Carter & Brothers 1857. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing in book form of "The Star Spangled Banner." Bound in publisher's original dark brown ribbed cloth decorated in blind and spine stamped in gilt. Near Fine with gilt tarnished faint staining and light scratches to cloth and small areas of rub-through at corners and joints. Light worming to front inner hinge contemporary former ownership on front free endpaper light offsetting at endsheets and foxing throughout. An important collection of poems by American lawyer and poet Francis S. Key. Key is most famous for writing "The Star Spangled Banner" after witnessing the British bombardment at Fort McHenry in 1814 during the War of 1812. Robert Carter & Brothers unknown
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA · États-Unis3 200,00 $US≈ 2 858,93 €
