Description:
This is a wonderful opportunity to acquire a scarce collection of Ralph Waldo Emerson's works in six matching antique, green cloth-bound volumes. Emerson was a leading exponent of New England Transcendentalism and remains a pillar of the American Romantic Movement, whose work has greatly influenced subsequent writers and thinkers.
This set includes the following titles:
Society and Solitude
English Traits
Essays, Second Series (Note: One image shows Essays, Second Series, while others appear to show different titles like "Society & Manners" or "Common Sense" - please verify the exact title for accuracy)
Essays, First Series (as implied by the Second Series)
Two additional volumes, possibly including Nature, Addresses, and Lectures or Representative Men, based on typical collected editions.
Details:
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher: Likely Houghton Mifflin (Riverside Press), a common publisher for Emerson's collected works during this period.
Date: Circa late 19th century (e.g., 1870s-1890s), based on similar auction records and binding style.
Binding: Original green leather hardcover bindings.
Illustrations: Volumes include frontispiece illustrations of individuals, likely Emerson and contemporaries.
Condition: In overall good to very good antique condition, commensurate with age. There may be minor extremity abrasions, scuffs, or slight sunning to spines, as is common for these bindings; internal pages appear clean and bright in the images provided.