The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table

8vo.(4.75" x 7.625") Full brown textured cloth with centered embossed arabesque device to covers. Spine with gilt title towards head, gilt publisher at foot. Brown endpapers. Prior owner's name in pencil to first free flyleaf. Light edgewear, head and foot of spine ruffled with tiny loss at foot, covers and spine soiled. What appears to be toner spots throughout the book that streak black when wiped (see pic).

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (/hoʊmz/; August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). He was also an important medical reformer. In addition to his work as an author and poet, Holmes also served as a physician, professor, lecturer, and inventor.