Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425

Sale 2425 - Lot 114

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
[BURTON, ROBERT.] The Anatomy of Melancholy. [4], 77, [7], 78-208, [4], 209-374, [2], 375-584, 583-646, [12] pages, including engraved title by Christof Le Blon, and errata and colophon leaves at end. Folio, 278x181 mm, modern panelled calf, lightly scuffed and scratched; title rehinged, dedication soiled and mounted with later owner's inscription in upper outer corner, scattered ink blots and smudges, few rust holes minimally affecting text, marginal dampstaining mainly at end of volume, paper fault causing slight text loss on I4, hole in blank upper outer corner of 3V1, colophon date changed to 1638 in ink, vertical crease in free endpapers. Oxford: Henry Cripps, 1628

Additional Details

Third edition of Burton's 1621 study of depression, and first to include the engraved title. STC 4161.