Q: Could you folks give a publishing date for this book (Emerson’s Essays). The title page states first series. Thanks.

A: Your book is part of the Vademecum Series and was published in 1901.

During this year any one of more than 40 paste-on pictures have been seen on the cover. This cover was published in a number of different colors. It was originally sold with a labeled box.

Some 1901 examples are shown below.