The autocrat of the breakfast-table
Dublin Core
Title
The autocrat of the breakfast-table
Subject
Frontispieces (illustrations)
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
Description
Beyond the sphere of poetry, the literary reputation of Oliver Wendell Holmes rests largely on the loosely connected series of essays, poems, and aphorisms which forms The autocrat of the breakfast-table. The essays were originally printed in issues of The Atlantic monthly, beginning in November 1857; this is a first edition of their appearance in book form. Three separate impressions of The autocrat were printed between November 12 and December 7, 1858, and, reputedly, some 20,000 copies sold during that period—half of them during the first three days following publication. The passage displayed here reprints Holmes’ own favorite of his poems, “The chambered nautilus.”
Abstract
Frontispiece of The autocrat of the breakfast-table, by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
Creator
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
Publisher
Phillips, Sampson
Date Created
1858
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Holmes Collection (PS1964.A1 1858)
Format
image
Extent
1 frontispiece
Language
English
Type
still image
Identifier
DigID0002171
Provenance
Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1940
Files
Collection
Citation
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894, “The autocrat of the breakfast-table,” OnView, accessed April 16, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6262.