[After Samuel W. Hartshorn.]
[n.d. c.1849.] [In pencil to the right:] Avant toutes lettres.
A very scarce etching, proof before all letters. Plate 343 x 241mm. 13½ x 9½".
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic movement; best known for his tales of mystery and macabre. Poe and his works influenced literature in the United States and around the world, as well as in specialised fields, such as cosmology and cryptography.
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