The Anatomy of Melancholy. London: The Folio Society, 2005.
First Folio Society edition.
Three quarto volumes. xxvii, 548; [vi], 325; [vi], 586 pp. Marbled publisher's boards backed with black cloth, spines lettered and blocked in gilt, top edges stained red. A near fine set with original slipcase.
"Unclassifiable, inimitable, clever and wonderfully idiosyncratic, Robert Burton’s vast compendium of wit and learning, The Anatomy of Melancholy, is one of the great works of European literature."
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