Anatomy of Melancholy. Volume 1 & 2.
by Democritus Junior
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Tan leather binding with gilt title and banding on the spine. Brown boards. Dimensions are for one volume.
Essential for a historical library Anatomy of the Body, Anatomy of the Soul, Diseases of the Mind, Causes of Melancholy -- a truly fascinating look into very early thinking about mental illness Originally described as: The First Psychiatric Encyclopedia is divided into three sections. The first considers the nature, symptoms, and various causes of melancholy, ranging from God to witches and devils, poverty and imprisonment, parents and "overmuch study," "desire of revenge," or "overmuch use of hot wines." The second section discusses cures such as exercise and diet, purging, blood-letting, and potions. The third focuses on two particular types: love melancholy and religious melancholy. GARRISON-MORTON-NORMAN 4818.1; GROLIER, 100 ENGLISH, #18; HEIRS OF HIPPOCRATES 406; OSLER 4621: "A great medical treatise (the greatest ever written by a layman), orderly in arrangement, intensely serious in purpose, and weighty beyond belief with authorities . the centuries have made Burton's book a permanent possession of literature"
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- Bookseller
- Martin Frost (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FB3042 (1 & 2) /1A
- Title
- Anatomy of Melancholy. Volume 1 & 2.
- Author
- Democritus Junior
- Format/Binding
- Leather binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J Cuthell. J Nunn.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1821
- Size
- 14 x22 x4cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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