Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 407

ROBERT BURTON (1577-1640) The anatomy of melancholy. William Tegg 1849 xviii, 748 pp., plate (front.), illus. 22.2 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 406

Burton's work met with great popularity and it went through five editions during his lifetime. Three more editions were published during the seventeenth century and then the book nearly passed from the scene during the eighteenth century. It regained its popularity during the nineteenth century and forty-one editions and reissues were published during that period. This edition features a frontispiece as well as a reproduction of the title page from the sixth edition of 1652.

Cited references: Wellcome II, p. 278

Gift of Hans L. Ehrenhaft, M.D