BURTON, Robert (1577-1640).] The Anatomy of Melancholy . Oxford: John Lichfield and James Short for Henry Cripps, 1624. 2° (285 x185mm). (Rustholes in 2F4, 2S1, 3Q4, 3T2, tears in 2R1 and 4D4.) Contemporary sprinkled calf, 18th-century lettering piece (spine repaired at head at foot, joints split at head and foot). Provenance : Abraham Holland (d.1626, poet and son of Philemon, inscription 'A. Holland ex dono matris'); Nath. Burroughs (inscription, dated August 7th 1649); Richard Gifford (1725-1807, miscellaneous writer, signature); E.Gordon Duff (signature). SECOND (FIRST FOLIO) EDITION. A fine copy, with an interesting early provenance, of a work which was 'one of the most popular books of the seventeenth century. All the learning of the age as well as its humour - and its pedantry - are there. ...it exercised a considerable influence on the thought of the time.' ( Printing and the Mind of Man. ). First published in quarto in 1621, this edition is completely revised. STC 4160; Jordan 3.
BURTON, Robert (1577-1640).] The Anatomy of Melancholy . Oxford: John Lichfield and James Short for Henry Cripps, 1624. 2° (285 x185mm). (Rustholes in 2F4, 2S1, 3Q4, 3T2, tears in 2R1 and 4D4.) Contemporary sprinkled calf, 18th-century lettering piece (spine repaired at head at foot, joints split at head and foot). Provenance : Abraham Holland (d.1626, poet and son of Philemon, inscription 'A. Holland ex dono matris'); Nath. Burroughs (inscription, dated August 7th 1649); Richard Gifford (1725-1807, miscellaneous writer, signature); E.Gordon Duff (signature). SECOND (FIRST FOLIO) EDITION. A fine copy, with an interesting early provenance, of a work which was 'one of the most popular books of the seventeenth century. All the learning of the age as well as its humour - and its pedantry - are there. ...it exercised a considerable influence on the thought of the time.' ( Printing and the Mind of Man. ). First published in quarto in 1621, this edition is completely revised. STC 4160; Jordan 3.
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