Apr 12, 2016 - Sale 2410

Sale 2410 - Lot 135

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
[BURTON, ROBERT.] The Anatomy of Melancholy . . . Fourth Edition. [10], 78, [6]; 138, 137-218, [4], 219-243, 246-308, 319-574, 573-722, [10] pages, including engraved title and preceding leaf of explanatory verse. Folio, 278x180 mm, 17th-century panelled calf with later lettering piece, joints partly cracked, endpapers renewed, hinges reinforced; margins trimmed not affecting text, opening leaves soiled, scattered early underscoring and markings in ink, leaf before title missing upper outer corner with text loss and reinforced in outer margin on verso, bottom of title cropped entering border and imprint date, dampstain in blank outer margins toward end, Hereford armorial bookplate and 2 catalogue cuttings mounted on front pastedown. STC 4162. Oxford: Henry Cripps, 1632