EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. Nature. 8vo, original brown cloth, decoratively stamped in blind and lettered in gilt (Blanck's Frame A), abrasion at top of rear board; foxing, heaviest to front and end matter, occasional staining, ex-collection George J. Abbot with his trimmed booklabel tipped to front pastedown. First edition of Emerson's first book, second issue, with p. 94 correctly paginated. Minister and diplomat George Jacob Abbot (1812-1879) served as secretary to Daniel Webster and as an agent of the State Department in England and Canada. "The George Jacob Abbot Papers consist mainly of correspondence, drafts of speeches, unfinished drafts of U.S. State Department papers, newspaper clippings and other materials related to Abbot's employment as secretary to Daniel Webster and to his diplomatic service" (archives.yale.edu). BAL 5181. Boston: James Munroe & Co., 1836