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The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it Is, with all the Kindes, Causes, Symptomes, Prognosticks, and Severall Cures of it in Three Partitions (2 volumes)
by Burton, Richard; Democritus Junior
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About This Item
London: Printed for Messrs. Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, et al, J. and E. Hodson, Cross-Street, Hatton-Garden, 1806. Eleventh Edition, Corrected, To which is prefixed, an account of the author. Complete in 2 volumes. 8vo. xxiv, 461; 601, [10 pp "The Table"] pp. Half-title and frontispiece in each volume. Three-quarter brown calf with gilt ruling and decoration on spines; red morocco gilt-lettered title labels; over marbled paper covered boards; marbled endpapers. Darkening to spines; scraping & wear; occasional short pencil lines next to text; hinges cracked and with tape repair in Vol. I; front hinge cracked in Vol. II; a good set. "Although presented as a medical text, The Anatomy of Melancholy is as much a sui generis (unique) work of literature as it is a scientific or philosophical text, as Burton covers far more than the nomitive subject. Anatomy uses melancholy as a lens through which all human emotion and thought may be scrutinized, and virtually the entire contents of a 17th-century library are marshalled into service of this goal. It is encyclopedic in its range and reference." - wiki.
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- Carpe Diem Fine Books
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- Title
- The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it Is, with all the Kindes, Causes, Symptomes, Prognosticks, and Severall Cures of it in Three Partitions (2 volumes)
- Author
- Burton, Richard; Democritus Junior
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Eleventh Edition, Corrected, To which is prefixed, an account of
- Publisher
- Printed for Messrs. Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, et al, J. and E. Hodson, Cross-Street, Hatton-Garden
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1806
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- Psychology;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Calf
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