EMERSON, R[alph] W[aldo]

English Traits

Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition. First printing, with points as listed in Myerson including "dpended" on p. 90, and "temperature" for "temperament" on p.82, as well as [1] on half-title and battered type on p.230. 12mo (19.5cm). In original brown ribbed cloth, stamped in blind, titled in gold on spine; yellow endpapers; [4] 5-312pp. A fresh, clean copy, binding tight, spine lightly sunned, overall: Very Good or better.

A collection of lectures that Emerson gave about his visits to England, which he had visited as a tourist in 1833 and for a lecture tour in 1846-48 (ANB). He discusses his meetings with authors such as Carlyle, Wordsworth, and Martineau; his opinions of English manners, character, universities, and religion, as well as his experience at Stonehenge. MYERSON A.24.1.a; BAL 5226.

Price: $250.00

Go Back