The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson: The First Series, MDCCCXLI, and The Second Series, MDCCCXLIV, in One Volume (The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written)

262 pp. Original light brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. The first and second series of essays by the poet, philosopher, and religious thinker of the 19th century known for his friendship with Henry David Thoreau and his association with Louisa May Alcott and other Transcendentalists.