![]() ![]() Ostensibly an elaborately systematized medical treatise dealing with various morbid mental states - their causes, symptoms, and cures - the Anatomy is much more: a compendium of memorable utterances on the human condition in general, compiled from classical, scholastic, and contemporary sources. What’s in The Anatomy of Melancholy This is the third edition (1628) of Burton’s increasingly comprehensive text, first published in 1621 and expanded from 1624 to 1651. He was also a witty, pedantic, and eloquent genius, who devoted the major part of his life to writing The Anatomy of Melancholy, one of the richest, most inexhaustible books in the English language. The Essential Anatomy of Melancholy (English, Paperback, Burton Robert) Language: English Binding: Paperback Publisher: Dover Publications Inc. English churchman and scholar Robert Burton (1576-1639) was a passionate student of medicine, history, literature, and science - the whole of human knowledge. Small brown marking on outsite edge of pages. ![]() Used softcover book in fair to good condition. ![]()
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