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Essays: Second Series

Date1844
Terms
  • Books
  • Ink
  • Fabric
  • Paper
  • Boston
Dimensions18.4 × 12.06 × 3.17 cm (7 1/4 × 4 3/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
MarkingsBookplate in front cover, "Emerson/ R.W. Emerson/ #291." And a second, "Library of Robert K. Darrah, May 22d, 1885."
Credit LineGift of the Children of Alfred F. Donovan and Ellien L. Donovan
Object number2006.226.5
DescriptionEssays: Second Series. by R.W. Emerson. Boston: James Munroe and Company. Letterpress on paper; brown cloth binding, gilt title, blind stamped floral decoration; in red book case with 2006.226.4. Some passages in text are marked with vertical lines.

2006.226.4-.5: first editions of two of Emerson's most influential publications, the two collections of essays known as First Series (1841) and Second Series (1844).
Object number: 2006.226.4
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