Apr 07, 2008 - Sale 2141

Sale 2141 - Lot 33

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
BURTON, ROBERT. The Anatomy of Melancholy . . . Second Edition, corrected and augmented by the Author. [4], 64; [4], 188, [4], 189-332, [2], 333-379, 370-557, [7] pages. Folio, early 19th-century calf, rebacked; some toning, foxing, and early underscoring, scattered ink blots, title soiled, with blank outer corners restored, small rust hole in M3 affecting a couple of letters. 19th-century armorial bookplate and signature of Osborn William Chambers. Engraved title to the 1652 sixth edition mounted and bound before the title. Oxford: John Lichfield and James Short for Henry Cripps, 1624

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"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 4160 (this edition).