Essays

Preface by Thomas Carlyle dated the 11th of August, 1841. "Printed from the first English edition by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker at the Doves Press and finished January 5, 1906. ... Compositors: J.H. Mason, W. Jenkins. Pressmen: H. Gage-Cole, J. Ryan, & Albert Lewis ..."--Colophon. Contents: History -- Self-reliance -- Compensation -- Spiritual laws -- Love -- Friendship -- Prudence -- Heroism -- The over-soul -- Circles -- Intellect -- Art.

In Collection:

• Book Arts Collection

Creator

• Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

Contributor

• Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
• Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922
• Doves Press
• Walker, Emery, 1851-1933

Subject

• Transcendentalism
• Transcendentalism in art
• Transcendental logic
• Philosophy
• Self-reliance
• Friendship

Publisher

• Hammersmith London, England : Doves Press, No. 1 The Terrace

Language

• eng

Identifier

• lanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 5476
• Special Collections Call Number: PS1608 A2 1906
• Tidcombe, M. Doves Press, DP8

Date created

• 1906

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Extent

• 311 pages ; 24 x 17 cm

Additional physical characteristics

• Flexible vellum binding, with some warping. Stamp "The Doves Press" on bottom inside back cover. Small bookplate "Marion C. Walker, her book." Initials printed in red throughout along with names of characters (pages 212-214). Enclosure: order form for another book loose inside front cover.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Book Arts Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• essays
• books

Date digitized

• December 2023

Technical note

• Scanned on PLUSTEKOptickbook A300 at 600 dpi, no color correction by PD. Most images straightened after scanning, when cropped and resized for Vault. In various places throughout, the ribbon used for binding is visible in the inner margins. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/evc0-eh16

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