1822 An Account of the National Anthem Entitled God Save the King!

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Rebound

The first edition, a large paper copy.

Illustrated with forty plates, including plates of sheet music. 

Half-title is present.

Collated, complete.

Subscribers list to eight pages to the front, with subscribers including King George IV, other members of the Royal family, and the Duke of Wellington.

A very interesting and unique history which focuses solely on the national anthem of Great Britain, 'God Save the King/Queen'.

'God Save the King/Queen' was appointed the national anthem in 1745, when George II was on the throne. Thus this history explores the anthem before it was a century old, as it was first published in the version that resembles the present tune in 1744, when it promptly became popularised. The author, Richard Clark, traces the history of the anthem back to the year 1607, after his escape from the Gunpowder Plot.

By Richard Clark.

Bookplate of Ernest Bryan Gipps to the front paste down, a musician and the leader of the Folkestone Municipal Orchestra, and older brother of composer Ruth Gipps.