Author: BURTON, ROBERT
Title: The Anatomy of Melancholy
Description: Birmingham, Alabama, Usa: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1986. Hardcover. Classics of Medicine Library Series; 6 X 9 x 2; xviii, 748 pages; Hard cover is full leather bound with genuine top-grain cowhide, all edges gilded with brass-die stamped 22 karat gold. Light bumping to some corners. Raised bands on spine. Sewn in silk ribbon book marker. Marbled end papers. An absolutely gorgeous special edition of this medical classic. Contents prepared from the Tegg English edition of 1845, courtesy of The Reynolds Historical Library. Laid in is a booklet 'notes from the editors' on the book. Book originally published in 1621, very popular. Went through 5 editions during the author's lifetime. Pages are clean and tight. Extra heavy, 4#.. Near Fine .

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