BURTON ROBERT The Anatomy of Melancholy 1638

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BURTON, ROBERT. The Anatomy of Melancholy. [14], 78, [2], 97, 96-140, [4], 141-218, [4], 219-262, 259-723, [10] pages, including engraved title and preceding leaf of explanatory text, and with 2L1 uncancelled. Folio, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, front cover detached; occasional browning, later owner's extensive notes in ink on title verso. Oxford: Henry Cripps, 1638

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Fifth edition. "The first psychiatric encyclopaedia, citing nearly 500 medical authors, and also a literary tour de force"--Garrison-Morton 4918.1 (1621 original edition). STC 4163 (this edition).