Professor Brendan Kelly investigates Edward Worths 1676 edition. The Essential Anatomy of Melancholy, Paperback / softback Book. The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton (1621).

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. Books Reference & Languages Prose: non-fiction. 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. 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. Hello Select your address Books Hello, Sign in. Used softcover book in fair to good condition. The Essential Anatomy of Melancholy: Burton, Robert: 9798544650133: Books - Amazon.ca.

The essential anatomy of melancholy