Ralph Waldo Emerson — Representative Men: Seven Lectures

London, George Routledge and Sons , 1887. Cloth. A scarce Riverside edition comprising essays regarding seven eminent men such as Plato, Shakespeare, and Napoleon by Ralph Wando Emerson. A scarce copy of this work by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Riverside edition, volume IV in the 'Representative Men' series of Emerson's complete works. Comprising seven essays regarding 'great men', opening with a general essay on the importance of such figures, and then focussing each essay on an eminent person: Plato, Swedenborg, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Napoleon, and Goethe. Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, philosopher, and lecturer, who strongly advocated for individualism. Most of his important essays were first written for lectures, then revised such as in the present volume. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. With Herbert Standring's bookplate to the verso of the front free endpaper, and a minor pencil inscription to the half title. Internally, firmly bound. With a minor faint spotting to the fore edge and first few leaves only, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .