EMERSON, RALPH WALDO | Nature. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1836

The Property of a Gentleman

EMERSON, RALPH WALDO

Nature. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1836

12mo. Minor foxing. Publisher's black cloth (Myerson's "Cloth 6" with "Frame C"), upper cover gilt-lettered, brown endpapers; minor rubbing to extremities, some fraying to head and tail of spine, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, .  

First edition of Emerson's first book

“The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.” — Emerson

Based on his earlier lectures, Nature was the fundamental document of Emerson's transcendental philosophy. The entire first printing of Nature is believed to have consisted of only 1,500 copies. In the present copy p. 94 is properly numbered, which is probably, but not certainly, indicative of the later state. This combination of balck T clothstamped with the most elaborately styled frame is a particularly attractive combination (of a possible 75) for this book. 

REFERENCE:

BAL 5181; Myerson A3.1a