Ralph Waldo Emerson — The Essays of Emerson

London , Arthur L. Humphreys, 1899. Cloth. An uncommon complete set of The Essays of Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson. In two volumes complete. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States. In cloth binding. Externally, generally smart but with slight wear to extremities, cockling to cloth and odd marks to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and generally clean throughout with only the odd handling marks, predominantly to text block edge. Good . Ill.: None. Good .