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Ralph Waldo Emerson. Essays. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841....
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Presentation copy to the eminent Dr. James Jackson
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Essays. Boston: James Munroe and
Company, 1841.8vo. Half-title. 19th-century half morocco, spine gilt-lettered, top edge gilt, by MacDonald & Sons; cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION of the principal expressions of Emerson's transcendental philosophy. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY EMERSON on the half-title: "Dr. James Jackson / With Mr. Emerson's Respects." Dr. James Jackson (1777-1867) was a prominent Boston physician, noted especially for being the first in America to scientifically investigate inoculation for smallpox. He was also one of the founders of Massachusetts General Hospital, of which he was the first physician until he resigned in 1835. Among his students was Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., who married his brother Charles' daughter, Amelia Lee Jackson.
Condition: Rebacked in later morocco; minor wear to extremities; spine a little dried. Endpapers lightly toned; evidence of removed letter along gutter of front flyleaf (with short marginal tear). Internally, a very fresh, clean copy.
References: BAL 5189; Grolier, American 47; Meyerson A 10.1a.
Provenance: Dr. James Jackson (presentation inscription); James J. Storrow, his son (bookplate); purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, Inc., New York, 1964. From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2024 June 27 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part I, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6295 (go to Auction Home page)
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