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1624140948955Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short for Henry Cripps 1624. Second Edition. Very Good. Second edition and first folio edition. iv 64 4 188 4 189-332 2 333-379 370-382 389-391 385 387-557 7 pp. Two pages misnumbered; pagination eccentricities as issued with no break to text. Printed on laid paper. Divided into three sections flanked by 41 page preface "Democritus Junior to the Reader" and 7 page index. Each section preceded by synopsis chart. Garrison-Morton 4918.1 PMM 120 Osler 4622.<br /> <br /> <p>Small folio bound in contemporary full mottled calf rebacked with original spine laid down red leather title label to spine all edges stained red. Very Good with scuffing and cracks to leather and trivial worming; edgestain rubbed and boards exposed at corners title label slightly chipped. Contents lightly toned and rippled with faint irregular waterstaining throughout and darker staining to first 8 leaves. Antique engraved bookplate to front pastedown ownership signature dated 1846 to front free endpaper old bookseller inscriptions in ink to back pastedown. Occasional ink stains and very occasional marginalia in pencil and ink. Chipping to title page and several interior pages 3 inch tear to p.1 The Synopsis of the Second Partition and 2-1/4 inch tear to p. 499. Two tiny wormholes to pp. 479-7. Binding strong.<br /> <br /> <p>Robert Burton 1577-1640 went to Oxford in 1593 and never left possibly due to his bouts of depression. He wrote on the subject of melancholy to relieve his own mind of its burden and over the years put together the first psychiatric encyclopedia in the English language. Burton’s satirical and discursive Anatomy analyses the causes symptoms and cures of melancholy bolstered by a wide range of quotations and is a literary as well as medical classic. First published in 1621 the book was reprinted with revisions three times during Burton's lifetime and numerous times since. It was a favorite of Dr. Johnson another sufferer of depression who told Boswell that this was “the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.â€. Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps unknown
1628347Oxford England: Henry Cripps 1628. 3rd Edition. Contemporary sheep with rebacked modern calf. Very Good. Christof Le Blon. <p>One of the most popular books of the 17th century and one of the most celebrated books of all time. The book is ostensibly a medical treatise about depression but it is really a genre-defying tour-de-force. It branches into many diverse categories including self-help psychology philosophy history astronomy geography humor and various aspects of literature. Burton wrote it under the pseudonym Democritus Junior as a reference to the Ancient Greek "laughing philosopher" Democritus.</p> <br /> <p>Condition: Very Good. Textually complete including colophon leaf without errata leaf as is common. Contemporary sheep spine rebacked with modern calf.</p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p>BOOK INFO</p> <br /> <p>The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton</p> <br /> <p>Published in 1626 in Oxford by Henry Cripps. Third edition corrected and augmented by the author originally published only a few years earlier in 1621. In contemporary sheep covered boards with single fillet in blind paneling. Modern rebacked calf spine with raised bands separating compartments ruled in blind a gilt-lettered red morocco spine label in compartment two. Endpapers refreshed circa early 1800s. Small folio 11" x 7 6/8". Collated: viii 77 7 208 but really 210 4 209-374 but really 373 2 375-646 10 Table of Contents and Colophon leaf. </p> <br /> <p>This is the first edition to feature the famous engraved title page with 11 separate vignette rectangular panels including the portrait of Robert Burton Democritus Jr. Numerous engraved woodcut initials and chapter head-and-tail pieces along with some vignette headers. Commentary in Latin along gutter and fore-edge margins.<br /> <br /> CONDITION REPORT<br /> <br /> Very good for nearly a 400-year-old folio. Spine rebacked in modern calf recornered in matching calf. Refreshed endpapers.<br /> <br /> Exterior and binding: Very firm hinges and joints tight pages sharp corners. Worn boards but in quite lovely condition overall given its sheep and the age of the binding. Light rubbing to edges. Spine is colorful and supple. <br /> <br /> Interior: Most of the pages are gently toned with occasional sections of darker toning or browning/oxidization. First dozen leaves with ink spills mostly along the margins with some drips on title page. Infrequent spots of foxing. The occasional smudge a few bent corners. Large water dampening stains in pages 197-208 and 219-250. A few other areas with some smaller and lighter water dampening. Professional tear repairs at foot of title and dedication pages on blank versos. Tear at bottom of 73-74 k1 Tear within header-piece leaf following page 77 of preface slight loss to corner off 455-456 Mmm 4 bottom of 625-626 or Llll2 with some slight loss none affecting text. <br /> <br /> Provenance and numerous areas of antiquarian writing:<br /> <br /> 1. John Harper signs his name with a date of 1748 on the title page dedication page and colophon. <br /> 2. J.B. Pooley neatly signs his name with a date of 1835 on FFEP and includes a famous quote from Dr. Samuel Johnson: The only book that ever took one out of bed two hours sooner than I wished to rise<br /> 3. Vignette bookplate of James S. Burra noted 19th century bibliophile and collector who had an impressive library of important books and manuscripts on front pastedown and his signature in pencil on FFEP. Burra interacts with the text throughout in pencil but lightly - underlining or marking passages along the margin sometimes writing a word or two of commentary. He also has notes in pencil on rear blanks including listing the pages works of Shakespeare are referenced etc.<br /> <br /> Numerous pagination errors as called for: page 79 is listed as 77 and 80 as 78. Pagination is off 2 until. when page 362 is misnumbered as 363 and pagination is off by one henceforth. Most importantly catch words align page-to-page and register is continuous.</p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p>CONTENT & INFLUENCE</p> <br /> <p>Much of Anatomy was inspired by Burton's own struggles with depression. Anatomy starts with a roughly 200-page-long satirical introduction "Democritus to the Reader" narrated by Burton's pseudonym Democritus Junior. The main body of the book is divided into three partitions. The first partition is The Causes of Melancholy the second partition is The Cure of Melancholy and the third partition is Love-Melancholy and Religious Melancholy. The book regularly quotes biblical ancient and medieval medical authorities and literary sources.</p> <br /> <p>The Anatomy of Melancholy inspired countless writers of the following centuries including Samuel Johnson John Milton and Laurence Sterne and modern authors like Philip Pullman. Romantic poet John Keats claimed Anatomy was his favorite book. Burton's numerous anecdotes which tackle melancholy with both sobriety and humor as well as the overarching influence of his personal sadness on the book are often cited as making Anatomy his one truly great work.</p> . Henry Cripps unknown
167682228h<p>London: Peter Parker 1676. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Collates complete: half-title/argument leaf engraved title page dedication. Also includes a Synopsis for each section an index table and publishers two-page list at rear. viii466 4348table2ads.pp. Bound in early paneled calf rebacked with original spine and title-piece. Red edge-dye. Some loss & worming to boards with a little cracking to hinges at spine ends. Toning to edges front and rear endpapers & leaves and intermittently through text. Old armorial and later bookplates inside front cover with ink notation to front endpaper; half-title leaf reattached. Sparse soiling to text. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked. A sound and handsome copy of the 8th edition. .</p> Peter Parker hardcover
1652045029London: Crips and Lodo 1652. The front and back covers are detached from book. Spine is still attached. Cover is well worn splitting and chipped. Pages are tight browning with a few old pen markings. Owner's name tag in front. Contains 723 pages with table in back. Text is still legible. Overall in good condition considering the age of this book. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Crips and Lodo Hardcover
in-8°, cc. (48) al frontespizio graziosa vignetta xilografica raffigura i due filosofi e il mondo.Legatura in piena pergamena. un piccolo marginale foro di tarlo. Sander 2942
1800002942London: J. Cundee 1800 Stated Ninth Edition corrected; to which is now first prefixed An Account of the Author. In 2 volumes complete. Re-backed fresh hinges by Talin Bookbindery gilt ruling six compartments blindstamped decoration gilt titles. Original marble endpapers. xxiv 596 601 11 table of contents 2 advertising pp. Frontispiece engraving by Thurston Delin. Argument of the Frontispiece. "Democritus Junior ad Librum suum" 2 pp. "The Author's Abstract of Melancholy" 1 p.; Advertisement 1 p.; Cameo engraving of author "An Account of the Author" 10 pp.; "Democritus Junior to the Reader 114 pp.; 2 pp. in Latin; "The Synopsis of the First Partition" an outline of topics 5 pp. The First Partition 461 pp. Anatomy of the Body Anatomy of the Soul Diseases of the Mind Causes of Melancholy -- a truly fascinating look into very early thinking about mental illness. Scuffing a few small scrapes repaired wear to corners. Near fine. J. Cundee hardcover
65822London: J. Cuthell et al. 1821. Two vols. 8vo. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. pp.xxiv461; iv612. Later full straight grain green morocco sides with broad foliate gilt borders spines with raised bands gilt decorated compartments and lettering marbled endpapers a.e.g. Engraved frontispiece reproducing the original 1652 A very good clean copy in a very good binding. First published in 1621. "The Anatomy as its publishing history shows was one of the most popular books of the seventeenth century. All the learning of the age as well as its humour - and its pedantry - are there. It has something in common with Brant's Ship of Fools Erasmus's Praise of Folly and More's Utopia with Rabelais and Montaigne and like all these it exercised a considerable influence on the thought of the time" PMM. London: J. Cuthell et al. 1821 hardcover
1827196852London: Printed for Longman Rees Orme and Co. 1827. Thirteenth edition corrected.To which is now first prefixed An Account of the Author. Period brown tree calf handsomely re-spined with compartments elaborately gilt with red and deep green title and volume labels marbled end papers and edges. Owner's gift inscription boards with some rubbing and scuffing spines fine overall near fine handsome set with hinges firm and internally clean in custom mylar covers. Octavos. xxiv 461; 612. 8.75" x 5.5" Originally published in 1621 Burton's work was reprinted several times before going out of print between 1676-1800. No original manuscripts of The Anatomy remain forcing reprints to base themselves on later editions composed during Burton's life. This the thirteenth edition proceeds and was used as the basis for the printing of the First American edition in 1836. Encyclopedic in nature completely unique in its philosophical and scientific literary style and sprinkled with just enough satirical prodding The Anatomy of Melancholy remains one of the most important contributions to the field of Psychology of the last 500 years. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, and Co. unknown
BTETM0001709Longman Rees & Co; J. Booker S. Bagster Baldwin & Cradock; Whittaker & Co; J. Duncan; Simpkin; Marshall & Co Allen & Co J. Bohn W. Mason J. Hearne J. Maynard E. Hodgson and Wilson & Sons York 1837. 5th Edition or Later Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo Standard 8vo 6 נ9 in 152 נ229 mm . Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Some bumps and scuffs to boards and spine top and tail minor fraying of spine cover. Previous owner bookplate. Some browning on FEPs. Ex-library stamps St Georges Hospital in both volumes. Binding and text block firm and tight. Pages clean. Collation: Vol. 1: pp. 1145833 Vol. II: pp. 1 5 612 2 Complete as issued. Please see Photos as part of condition report. References: OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 37946165 HathiTrust Record 009733777 1837 New Edition Corrected THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY 2 VOLS WITH PROVENANCE What it is with all the kinds causes symptoms prognostics and several cures of it. To which is prefixed an account of the author New Edition Corrected - A medically associated copy of Burtons great work on melancholy from the library of Thomas Whipham and later St Georges Hospital. By Democritus Junior Robert Burton Author Bio: Robert Burton 8 February 1577 25 January 1640 was an English author and fellow of Oxford University who wrote the encyclopedic tome The Anatomy of Melancholy. Burton's most famous work and greatest achievement was The Anatomy of Melancholy. First published in 1621 it was reprinted with additions from Burton no fewer than five times. A digressive and labyrinthine work Burton wrote as much to alleviate his own melancholy as to help others. The final edition totalled more than 500000 words. The book is permeated by quotations from and paraphrases of many authorities both classical and contemporary the culmination of a lifetime of erudition. Provenance: Previous Owner Bookplate Motto - Nec prodicus nec avarus Neither avaricious nor covetous: Thomas Whipham was the first son of Thomas Henry Whipham a barrister of Lincolns Inn and was educated at Rugby and Oriel College Oxford. He rowed in his college boat and took a natural science degree in 1861. He studied medicine at St. Georges Hospital graduating as B.M. in 1866 and after filling a house appointment was made demonstrator of anatomy in 1869 and curator of the museum a year later. He was appointed to the honorary staff as assistant physician in 1872 and became physician in 1876. He retired as consulting physician in 1896 having acted as dean of the School from 1888 to 1893. He examined in medicine for Oxford University and served as Senior Censor at the Royal College of Physicians. Laryngology was his particular interest but he was an able general physician and teacher. He once held the office of prime warden of the Goldsmiths Company. He was a lover of the countryside and of fishing and shooting and after retiring to Devon in 1904 added gardening to his hobbies. He married Florence a daughter of Charles Tanqueray and had one son. He died at Hatherleigh Devon. Synopsis: THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY full title: The Anatomy of Melancholy What it is: With all the Kinds Causes Symptomes Prognostickes and Several Cures of it. In Three Partitions with their several Sections Members and Subsections Philosophically Medicinally Historically Opened and Cut Up is a book by Robert Burton first published in 1621. On its surface the book is presented as a medical textbook in which Burton applies his vast and varied learning in the scholastic manner to the subject of melancholia which includes although it is not limited to what is now termed clinical depression. Although presented as a medical text The Anatomy of Melancholy is as much a sui generis work of literature as it is a scientific or philosophical text and Burton addresses far more than his stated subject. In fact the Anatomy uses melancholy as the lens through which all human emotion and thought may be scrutinized and virtually the entire contents of a 17th-century library are marshalled into service of this goal. It is encyclopedic in its range and reference. Format: Hardcover Octavo Standard 8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary. Language: English Published By: Longman Rees & Co; J. Booker S. Bagster Baldwin & Cradock; Whittaker & Co; J. Duncan; Simpkin; Marshall & Co Allen & Co J. Bohn W. Mason J. Hearne J. Maynard E. Hodgson and Wilson & Sons York Condition Report: Dust Jacket: No Jacket Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Very Good - Some bumps and scuffs to boards and spine top and tail minor fraying of spine cover. Previous owner bookplate. Some browning on FEPs. Ex-library stamps St Georges Hospital in both volumes. Binding and text block firm and tight. Pages clean. Collation: Vol. 1: pp. 1145833 Vol. II: pp. 1 5 612 2 Complete as issued. Please see Photos as part of condition report. References: OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 37946165 HathiTrust Record 009733777 SKU: BTETM0001709 Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5 L: 30 W: 25 Units: cm W: 2Kg Tracked Shipping Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request Longman, Rees, & Co; J. Booker, S. Bagster, Baldwin & Cradock; Whittaker & Co; J. Duncan; Simpkin; Marshall & Co, Allen & Co, J. hardcover
1800037314London: Printed By J. Cundee for Vernor and Hood; J. Cuthell J. Sewell J. Walker; Lackington Allen & Co.; Otridge & Son; Ogilvy & Son 1800. Ninth edition corrected 1800 with An Account of the Author. First published 1621. Two volumes in ealy 19th century bindings three quarter smooth brown leather over marbled boards black spine labels broad raised spine bands decorated in gilt red speckled edges frontis engravings in each volume 461 plus 601 pages plus index at the end of second volume. Covers rubbed and scuffed some roughness to the volume II spine head joints secure text blocks sound pages clean with only a few instances of very minor foxing armorial bookplate of Charles A. Woolley by De Gruchy & Leigh inside each front cover with evidence that an additional bookplate was placed over it but removed residue above the Woolley bookplates no other markings. Woolley was from Australia; the bookplate engraver was based in Melbourne Australia. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed By J. Cundee for Vernor and Hood; J. Cuthell, J. Sewell, J. Walker; Lackington, Allen & Co.; Otridge & Son; Ogil Hardcover
1806009501London: Printed for Messrs. Vernor Hood and Sharpe et al by J. And E. Hodson 1806. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Eleventh Edition Corrected. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Eleventh Edition Corrected to which is prefixed an account of the author 1806. Two volumes bound in contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards gilt backs newer white end papers both volumes with frontispiece illustrations. Very Good Plus marbled covers rubbed light toning primarily at end papers uniform toning at title page of Vol. II caused by frontis illustration. A handsome set. Printed for Messrs. Vernor, Hood and Sharpe , et al , by J. And E. Hodson Hardcover
1849330532London: William Tegg 1849. hardcover. Engraved frontispiece and reproduction of the original 1652 allegorical frontispiece. xx 748 pages. Thick 8vo attractively bound in full gilt-tamped brown polished calf professionaly re-backed in similar leather with black spine label. London: William Tegg & Co. 1849. A new edition. Near Fine.<br/> <br/> In Three Partitions. With Their Several Sections Numbers & Subsections Philosophically Medically Historically Opened & Cut Up. With a Satirical Preface Conducing to the Following Discourse.<br/> <br/> William Tegg unknown
Spines are discolored. Minor shelfwear. Former owner's name on ffep of vol. 1. ; Isbns: 9004061347 & 9004069348. 2 volumes only (of 4). ; Philosophia Antiqua XXXVII & XLI; 463 pages
1895404244London : John C Nimmo 1895. 1st edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in modern gilt-blocked green buckram. Tanning to pages light foxing. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; xviii 23 cm. Notes; The titlepage is facsimile of that of the sixth edition Lond. 1652. Subjects; Anatomy of melancholy. Junior Democritus. Melancholy ; Early works to 1800. Melancholy. Depression. London : John C Nimmo hardcover
1826226934London: Printed for Thomas McLean 1826. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover; 8vo; 2 volumes. 8th edition. Rebound in dark cloth with gilt rule on spine gilt lettering on morocco labels. Gently rubbed/bumped corners gently sunned spine. Gilt on top other edges deckled. Very sparse foxing else a very nice set. VG <br/> <br/> Printed for Thomas McLean hardcover
1836006552Philadelphia: T. Wardle 1836. SCARCE in the First American from the Thirteenth English Edition Corrected. In two volumes apparently rebound in late 1800s green cloth binding about Very Good leather spine labels rubbed and illegible small prior owner name stamp front end pages both volumes end pages foxed period prior owner name in ink volume one only moderate internal foxing and toning hinges starting but holding well. The first edition was published in 1621. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. T. Wardle Hardcover books
1925mon0004120689The Nonesuch Press 1925T. hardcover. Very Good. . 2-volume set. shows minimal wear. The Nonesuch Press hardcover
1836000455London: B. Blake 13 Bell Yard Tmple Bar. 1836. Original half brown calf with original period spine and end papers professionally relaid retaining 90% of original spine. Marbled boards and endsheets. Frontispiece with negligible dampstaining also to flyleaf. Previous owner's name on flyleaf and another owner's stamped name also on same. 744 pages. Overall FAIR PLUS condition. Digital photos upon request. The Anatomy of Melancholy Full title The Anatomy of Melancholy What it is: With all the Kinds Causes Symptomes Prognostickes and Several Cures of it. In Three Maine Partitions with their several Sections Members and Subsections. Philosophically Historically Opened and Cut up. is a book written by Robert Burton which was first published 1621. The book is on its surface a medical textbook in which Burton applies his large and varied learning in the Scholastic manner to the subject of melancholia. Each section piles on ancient and mediæval medical authorities from Hippocrates Aristotle and Galen forward and adds to these ancient examples a great deal of Latin poetry. Burton defines his subject this way: Melancholy the subject of our present discourse is either in disposition or in habit. In disposition is that transitory Melancholy which goes and comes upon every small occasion of sorrow need sickness trouble fear grief passion or perturbation of the mind any manner of care discontent or thought which causes anguish dulness heaviness and vexation of spirit any ways opposite to pleasure mirth joy delight causing frowardness in us or a dislike. In which equivocal and improper sense we call him melancholy that is dull sad sour lumpish ill-disposed solitary any way moved or displeased. And from these melancholy dispositions no man living is free no Stoick none so wise none so happy none so patient so generous so godly so divine that can vindicate himself; so well-composed but more or less some time or other he feels the smart of it. Melancholy in this sense is the character of Mortality.This Melancholy of which we are to treat is a habit a serious ailment a settled humour as Aurelianus and others call it not errant but fixed: and as it was long increasing so now being pleasant or painful grown to a habit it will hardly be removed. Over the course of the book Burton draws from nearly every science of his day including psychology physiology astronomy astrology demonology meteorology and theology. In fact much of the book consists of quotations from various authorities and Burton fills the Anatomy with more or less pertinent references to the works of others. The Anatomy of Melancholy is a particularly lengthy book. The first edition printed as a single quarto volume was nearly 900 pages long and subsequent editions only added to that total. The text is partitioned into three major sections plus an introduction each arranged in Burton's sprawling style. characteristically the introduction includes not only an author's note titled "Democritus Junior to the Reader" but also a Latin poem "Democritus Junior to His Book" a warning to "The Reader Who Employs His Leisure Ill" an abstract of the following text and another poem explaining the frontispiece. The following three sections proceed in a similarly exhaustive fashion: the first section focuses on the causes and symptoms of "common" melancholies while the second section deals with cures for melancholy and the third section explores more complex and esoteric melancholies including the melancholy of lovers and all varieties of religious melancholies. The Anatomy concludes with an extensive index which many years later The New York Times Book Review called "a readerly pleasure in itself".; additionally most modern editions of the book are supplemented with many pages of explanatory notes for the reader. Throughout the book Burton's digressive and inclusive style often verging on a stream of consciousness consistently informs and animates the text. Though nominally a medical book the Anatomy is "vitalized by Burton's pervading humour" and is as much a sui generis work of literature as it is a scientific or philosophical text. The Anatomy of Melancholy has been admired by many subsequent writers from Samuel Johnson Charles Lamb and John Keats who professed it to be his favourite book to Stanley Fish Philip Pullman and Jorge Luis Borges who used a quote as an epigraph to his story "The Library of Babel". Despite its age The Anatomy of Melancholy is still considered an enduring if eccentric literary classic by many modern critics. UncleAndy. Seventh Edition. Half Calf Leather. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. B. Blake, 13, Bell Yard, Tmple Bar. Hardcover
1838105956London: B. Blake. 1838. Large octavo full leather binding gilt lettering and decorated rules to spine blindstamped design in panels to spine gilt stamped rule and blindstamped decoration to borders of boards marbled endpapers all edges marbled engraved frontispiece based on the famous frontispiece of 1628 with numerous illustrated panels "drawn and engraved expressly for this edition" by C. Freeman pp viii 743. Rubbed to the head and foot of the spine some rubbing to edges some off-setting to frontispiece from tissue-guard. Small inscription nineteenth century 'Edwin Palmer for H.W. Fisher' to the reverse of the front free endpaper. Very good condition. Robert Burton's seventeenth-century classic was first published in 1621. The work overwent considerable expansions and revisions during the author's lifetime but this edition is taken from its final form. The work is on its surface a quasi-medical text dealing with "melancholia" depression but overall it is an encyclopedic often comic approach to life philosophy and literature. Burton wrote it under the pseudonym Democritus Junior as a reference to the Ancient Greek "laughing philosopher" Democritus. A review of a recent reprint described the work as "Made out of all the books that existed in a 17th-century library it was compiled in order to explain and account for all human emotion and thought." This is a handsomely bound 1838 edition in excellent condition. 16th edition. B. Blake hardcover
1813001110London: J Walker; R. Lea; J. Cuthell et al. 1813. Hardcover. See Description. Eleventh edition 1813 printing. 8vo. 2 volumes. Volume I pp. xxiv 121 1 461 1. Volume II pp. 2 612. Bound in full modern tan calf after period style with spine gilt in 6 compartments. Interior pages are generally very clean with occasional faint foxing. Robert Burton's psychiatric study "Anatomy of Melancholy" first printed in London 1621 is a learned work on various types of melancholia. The author cites numerous authorities and includes much curious lore about customs treatments secrets of nature psychology witchcraft dreams sickness demons ghosts and apparitions. Burton himself may have suffered from melancholia/depression. The 8th edition of Burton's book appeared in 1676. Authors such as Milton Johnson and Sterne found inspiration with Burton. Nevertheless in the 18th century the book fell into obscurity with no editions being issued. Interest in Burton's work increased during the Romantic Period and in 1800 J. Cundee published a 9th edition with corrections and with an account of the author's life. Other editions with further corrections and notes came out during the 19th century. Burton's work is now considered a classic of English literature. The first printing of the 11th edition by Vernor Hood & Sharpe appeared in 1806. This J. Walker; R. Lea; J. Cuthell printing of the 11th edition appeared in 1813. Wellcome II 278 citing the first volume for this edition or see copy at the Wellcome Collection online. <br/> <br/> J Walker; R. Lea; J. Cuthell [et al.] hardcover
1827Embry 196852Longman Rees Orme and Co. 1827. Thirteen edition corrected. Owner's gift inscription boards with some rubbing and scuffing spines fine overall near fine handsome set with hinges firm and internally clean in custom mylar covers. Period brown calf handsomely respined with compartments elabrotately gilt and red and deep green title and volume lables. Longman, Rees, Orme, and Co., 1827. Thirteen edition, corrected. hardcover books
1806017243London: Printed for Messrs Vernon Hood Sharpe et al. 1806. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised Edition. Eleventh Edition Corrected to which is prefixed an account of the author. Two volumes bound in half green over marbled boards gilt title to spine volume II with frontispiece illustration. Volume I lacking illustration. Rubbing to boards. With bookplate of William Kemmis to verso of front boards. Clean pages tight binding. Printed for Messrs Vernon, Hood, Sharpe [et al.] Hardcover
182737791London: Longman Rees Orme and Co. Etc. 1827. Two very attractive matching calf-bound volumes. Spines have six panels with elaborate gilt floral decoration. Leather titles. Owner's signature on both free endpapers otherwise very clean throughout. A good firm sound set with minor rubbing to edges. Thirteenth Edition Corrected. Full Leather. Very Good. Octavo. Longman Rees Orme and Co. Etc. Hardcover
1910240762Boston: Dana Estes and Company 1910. Early twentieth century reprint. Publisher's full blue cloth paper spine labels stamped in black teg. Offset toning several small chips to spine labels still near fine. Black and white frontispiece in v. 1. TWENTIETH CENTURY REPRINT OF CORNERSTONE PSYCHOLOGICAL TEXT<br /> <br /> Encyclopedic in nature completely unique in its philosophical and scientific literary style and sprinkled with just enough satirical prodding The Anatomy of Melancholy remains one of the most important contributions to the field of Psychology of the last 500 years. Originally published in 1621 this early twentieth century reprint features three neat and tight volumes giving turn of the century Americans access to wisdom from the seventeenth century. Dana Estes and Company unknown
1836006552Philadelphia: T. Wardle 1836. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE in the First American from the Thirteenth English Edition Corrected. In two volumes apparently rebound in late 1800s green cloth binding about Very Good leather spine labels rubbed and illegible small prior owner name stamp front end pages both volumes end pages foxed period prior owner name in ink volume one only moderate internal foxing and toning hinges starting but holding well. The first edition was published in 1621. T. Wardle Hardcover
