The anatomy of melancholy

Dublin Core

Title

The anatomy of melancholy

Subject

Melancholy Early works to 1800
Depression etiology
Depression therapy
Emotions
Temperament
Melancholy
Early works
Early works to 1800

Description

Illustrated t.p., engraved by Christof le Blon.
"Printed by John Lichfield"--Colophon.
Signatures: [*]² **² a-k⁴ [par.]² A-4O⁴ 4P² ; 380 leaves.
Placement of leaves varies in different copies. If the dedication to George Berkeley is placed after the title page, they can be interpreted as gathering [*]².
Pages 79-80, fourth group, and 583-584 are repeated in the pagination.
Madan in his Early Oxford press, p. 137 mentions two leaves of verses wanting after title page. Cf. also Camb. hist. v. 4, p. 505; Pickering Chatto-Book lovers' leaflet no. 210, p. 247.
LC copy imperfect? Signature *², containing verse describing title, page wanting?
Reynolds Library copy has the two leaves of verses following the title page mentioned by Madan (gathering **²).
Errata on p. [9], last group.
Imperfect? Signature *2, containing verse describing t.-p., wanting?
Binding: calf.

Creator

Burton, Robert, 1577-1640

Source

Robert Burton Collection, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, The Claremont Colleges

Publisher

Oxford: Printed for Henry Cripps

Date

1628

Contributor

Lindsey Betts, CCEPS Fellow, Fall 2015, CMC 2016

Rights

Public domain

Relation

[no text]

Format

[8], 77, [7], 208 [i.e. 210, 4], 209-374, [2], 375-646 [i.e. 648, 12] p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm (fol.)

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

Science, Religion, and Everything in Between: Early Modern Science Texts

Coverage

Early Modern Era
Seventeenth century
Great Britain