VERY RARE! The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume II | Limited Edition #106 of 250 | James R. Osgood & Co., 1883

VERY RARE! Published in 1883 a year after Ralph Waldo Emerson's death, The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson is a collection of letters between two of the great 19th century writers and philosophers dating from 1834 and 1873. This listing is for a rare copy of Volume II. Published by James R. Osgood & Company out of Boston, this was part of a limited edition. It is #106 of 250 printed. 

ABOUT THE BOOK (Courtesy of Wikipedia) 
The Carlyle–Emerson correspondence is a series of letters written between Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) and Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) from 14 May 1834 to 20 June 1873. It has been called "one of the classic documents of nineteenth-century literature." 

ABOUT THOMAS CARLYLE (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. Known as the "sage of Chelsea", his writings strongly influenced the intellectual and artistic culture of the Victorian era. Carlyle occupied a central position in Victorian culture, being considered the "undoubted head of English letters" and a "secular prophet". Posthumously, a series of publications by his friend James Anthony Froude damaged Carlyle's reputation, provoking controversy about his personal life and his marriage to Jane Welsh Carlyle in particular. His reputation further declined in the aftermaths of the First World War and the Second World War, when his philosophy was seen as a precursor of both Prussianism and fascism. Growing scholarship in the field of Carlyle studies since the 1950s has improved his standing, and although little-read today, he is yet recognised as "one of the enduring monuments of [English] literature".

ABOUT RALPH WALDO EMERSON (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and critical thinking, as well as a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society and conformity. Friedrich Nietzsche thought he was "the most gifted of the Americans," and Walt Whitman called Emerson his "master".

BIXLEY NOTES
• The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872
• Published by James R. Osgood & Company, 1883
• RARE limited edition copy, #106 of 250
• 383 page hardcover
• Measures: 9 3/4" x 6 1/4"

VINTAGE NOTES
• In remarkable condition for a book nearly 150 years old
• Binding is nice and tight
• Cover is worn and shows its age
• Pages are in excellent condition

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