Democritus Junior [pseud. Robert Burton]

The Anatomy of Melancholy, What It Is, With All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes [sic], Prognostics, and Several Cures for It

London: B. Blake, 1838. Very Good. Item #28345

London: B. Blake, 1838. Sixteenth Edition. Octavo; contemporary half navy blue calf over marbled boards, gilt-tooled spine in six compartments, red spine label, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers; [6],743,[1]pp.; engraved frontispiece. Boards a bit scuffed with exposure at corners, boards discreetly reattached, small blemish to rear cover, textblock a bit toned with very occasional contemporary pencil marginalia, else a Very Good, still quite attractive copy.

First published in 1621, The Anatomy saw five heavily updated editions under the author's hand before his death nearly 20 years later in 1640. This edition printed from the "authorized copy of 1651, with the author's last corrections, additions, &c. &c."

Price: $200.00