Ralph Waldo Emerson's first book, Nature (1836), is perhaps the greatest original work of philosophy written by an American. This special paperback includes full-color photo-illustrations and a foreword on the origin and significance the book, making it the best available edition of Emerson's masterpiece.

"Emerson defined genius as the ability to see the miraculous in the commonplace, and to take old truths and express them in a new way. Nature is a perfect example of such genius. Its pages are alive, brimming with fresh and startling insights grounded in the soil of ancient wisdom." -- from the Foreword by Sam Torode