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American Musical Miscellany, (The): A Collection of the Newest and Most Approved Songs. Northampton, MA: Andrew Wright, 1798. 12mo. Contemporary calf, in a modern leather-backed marbled clam-shell box (lacks three leaves (pp. 197-202); scattered closed tears and chipping to page edges). Provenance: ex-Newberry Library (Chicago), bookplate. SCARCE. Evans 33294; Sabin 1163. Contains the first American printing of the music to ”The Anacreontic Song,” which Francis Scott Key adapted to the United States’ national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”