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Lot 13
Sale 5465 - The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer, Part III
Jan 30, 2020
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[Americana] Wirt, William Two Principal Arguments of William Wirt on the Trial of Aaron Burr, for High Treason, and on the Motion to Commit Aaron Burr and others, for Trial in Kentucky
Richmond, (Virginia): From the Press of Samuel Pleasants, 1808. First edition. 24mo. (4), 103, one blank, 104-221 pp. From the library of Francis Scott Key, and with his book-plate on front paste-down. Original calf, stamped in gilt, edges and corners worn, slightly rubbed; all edges trimmed. Lacking frontispiece portrait; darkening to edges of front and rear paste-downs; front free endpaper starting to spring; bottom edge of pp. 49/50, 55/56, and 59-62 torn away, but not affecting text; text lightly toned and foxed. Howes W-587, Sabin 104883.