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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882). Essays. First Series. Boston: James Munroe, 1850.
细节
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882). Essays. First Series. Boston: James Munroe, 1850.
8o. Original red blind-embossed cloth (some wear along spine); red cloth folding case. Provenance: Thomas W. Hitchen (signature on title dated 1852).
Later edition, SIGNED BY EMERSON on the front free endpaper: "R. W. Emerson. Montreal, 25 April 1852." Emerson traveled to Montreal in 1852, noting in his Journal that even in April there was three feet of snow just outside the city limits. Emerson gave six lectures from the Conduct of Life series before the Mercantile Library Association in Montreal, 19-24 April 1852. The label of Montreal bookseller B. Dawson is on the front pastedown.
8o. Original red blind-embossed cloth (some wear along spine); red cloth folding case. Provenance: Thomas W. Hitchen (signature on title dated 1852).
Later edition, SIGNED BY EMERSON on the front free endpaper: "R. W. Emerson. Montreal, 25 April 1852." Emerson traveled to Montreal in 1852, noting in his Journal that even in April there was three feet of snow just outside the city limits. Emerson gave six lectures from the Conduct of Life series before the Mercantile Library Association in Montreal, 19-24 April 1852. The label of Montreal bookseller B. Dawson is on the front pastedown.