The Anatomy of Melancholy

One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton’s astounding compendium, a survey of not only melancholy in all its myriad forms but also of humanity’s endless efforts to assuage it, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the early seventeenth century.

Publisher: New York Review Books
Date Published: 2001
Book Condition: A good softcover with minor edge wear to covers and corner bumping to covers and text bock. There is a crease to the front cover which carries through the first 100 pages or so but is not significant. Previous owner’s stamp on the inside of the front cover. Minor wear to the spine. Some minor smears and marks to the text block. Otherwise, a good readable copy.