The Anatomy of Melancholy - Folio Society edition

The Anatomy of Melancholy

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The Anatomy of Melancholy
Folio Society
Philosophy

The Anatomy of Melancholy

Robert Burton
Edition year 2005
Binding Cloth
Volumes 3
Weight 5 Kg
Pages V1: xxviii + 548; V2: vi + 330; V3: vi + 586
Dimensions 25 × 17 cm

Edition details

The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton. (3v.). Vol.1 xxvii + 548pp. Vol.2 325pp. Vol.3 586pp. Introductions by Holbrook Jackson and Phillip Pullman. Quarter cloth with elaborate gilt decoration and reproduction Ann Muir marbled paper covered boards. Slipcase printed with details in gilt. 25x17cm

About the book

Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy is a vast and eccentric seventeenth-century study of sadness, depression and human behaviour. Drawing on medicine, philosophy, literature and theology, Burton investigates the causes, symptoms and possible treatments of melancholy. The work is remarkable for its enormous range of quotations, digressions and observations, making it both a medical curiosity and a literary masterpiece.

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