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Sat, Nov 7, 2015 09:00AM EST - Sun, Nov 8, 2015 09:00AM EST
Lot 361

[The Star-Spangled Banner] Engraved

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

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Music and Text on Three Plates Philadelphia, Published by G. E. Blake, n.d., (after October 9, 1814), Francis Scott Key, poet, the rare second printing of the words and music to the National Anthem; the Philadelphia printing predates the amended first edition of the separate printing of [The Star-Spangled Banner] published in Baltimore in late 1814 or early 1815; framed in a simple wood frame, double-sided Plexiglas, with a label at bottom, 12-7/8 x 18 in. small binder's holes in the center gutter, lightly browned and scattered foxing. Provenance: Christies, New York, Sale 1060, Printed Books and Manuscripts, December 19, 2002, lot 347; Private Collection

Condition

small binder's holes in the center gutter, lightly browned and scattered foxing