BURTON ROBERT 1628 The Anatomy of Melancholy Lacks 2 prel

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BURTON, ROBERT. The Anatomy of Melancholy. [4] (of [8]), 77, [7]; 78-208 [i. e., 210], [4], 209-374, [2], 375-584, 583-646, [12] pages, including engraved title by Christof Le Blon, and errata and colophon leaves at end; lacks 2*2 (preliminary verses). Folio, later 17th-century panelled calf gilt, rebacked retaining original backstrip and 19th-century lettering piece, endpapers renewed; some light dampstaining in outer corners, old signatures on title, small piece missing from upper outer corner of title slightly affecting border. Oxford: Henry Cripps, 1628

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Third edition, and first edition to include the engraved title. "The first psychiatric encyclopaedia, citing nearly 500 medical authors, and also a literary tour de force"--Garrison-Morton 4918.1 (1621 original edition). Hunter & Macalpine, pages 94-99; STC 4161 (this edition).