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Representative Men: Seven Lectures
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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About This Item
London: George Routledge and Sons , 1887. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None . 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
Synopsis
From the book:IT IS NATURAL to believe in great men. If the companions of our childhood should turn out to be heroes, and their condition regal it would not surprise us. All mythology opens with demigods, and the circumstance is high and poetic; that is, their genius is paramount. In the legends of the Gautama, the first men ate the earth and found it deliciously sweet. Nature seems to exist for the excellent. The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life glad and nutritious. Life is sweet and tolerable only in our belief in such society; and, actually or ideally, we manage to live with superiors. We call our children and our lands by their names. Their names are wrought into the verbs of language, their works and effigies are in our houses, and every circumstance of the day recalls an anecdote of them.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 789A1
- Title
- Representative Men: Seven Lectures
- Author
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- plato shakespeare emerson shakespeare
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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