Lot 191
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[Burton, Robert]
The Anatomy of Melancholy
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
What it is, with all the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and severall Cures of it ... By Democritus Junior ... The Fourth Edition, corrected and augmented by the Author. Oxford: Henry Cripps, 1632. Folio (28.5 x 18cm), contemporary calf (possibly French), covers gilt with large arabesque centrepieces, concentric dogtooth frames and floral cornerpieces, allegorical title-page by C. Le Blon, leaf of explanatory letterpress ('The Argument of Frontispiece'), woodcut initials, binding rebacked with original spine laid down and endpapers renewed, crossed-through contemporary ownership inscription to upper margin of engraved title, 'The Argument of the Frontispiece' with loss to upper fore corner probably from ink corrosion, not affecting text, spill-burns to M3, 2R1 and 2Y4, 2C2 with remnants of recent tape-repair to lower fore corner, 2P3 with minor paper disruption in upper margin, pinhole-sized worm-track to head of gutter from quire 2M to end, slowly widening, the text never affected [ESTC S122249; STC 4162]