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The Anatomy of Melancholy

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By Robert Burton

Cover Illustration by Sarah B. Bolen

The Anatomy of Melancholy was first published in 1621. It is a pseudoscientific investigation into and philosophical discussion of the possibilities of human happiness. This Book wasn't meant to be read from the first page to the last. Just pick up the book. Open it to any page. You may find lists, digressions, bits of 17th-century prose, quotes, much Latin. Whatever you find, it is sure to please if you only give it half a chance. The Anatomy of Melancholy is definitely "the" desert island book. Don't go without. That would be a terrible mistake.

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By Robert Burton

Cover Illustration by Sarah B. Bolen

The Anatomy of Melancholy was first published in 1621. It is a pseudoscientific investigation into and philosophical discussion of the possibilities of human happiness. This Book wasn't meant to be read from the first page to the last. Just pick up the book. Open it to any page. You may find lists, digressions, bits of 17th-century prose, quotes, much Latin. Whatever you find, it is sure to please if you only give it half a chance. The Anatomy of Melancholy is definitely "the" desert island book. Don't go without. That would be a terrible mistake.

[read more below]

By Robert Burton

Cover Illustration by Sarah B. Bolen

The Anatomy of Melancholy was first published in 1621. It is a pseudoscientific investigation into and philosophical discussion of the possibilities of human happiness. This Book wasn't meant to be read from the first page to the last. Just pick up the book. Open it to any page. You may find lists, digressions, bits of 17th-century prose, quotes, much Latin. Whatever you find, it is sure to please if you only give it half a chance. The Anatomy of Melancholy is definitely "the" desert island book. Don't go without. That would be a terrible mistake.

[read more below]

  • Black Letter Press

    [Thick/Big Book], Hardcover bound in cloud blue geltex, Measures 140x215 mm (thick book), 120-gram Endpapers, Printed on 115 g wood free cream paper, Sewn Book Block, Two ribbon markers, Gilded on the front and spine.

    1st Edition

 

About the Publisher

Black Letter Press is a small independent publisher located close to Hannover in Northern Germany, founded by Alice and Claudio Rocchetti in 2018 in Turin, with the publication of Giambattista della Porta's Natural Magick.

BLP specializes in the revival of rare and antique books on a broad range of topics, including the sciences and history of science, poetry, occult philosophy, art, curious and unusual literature, and more.

Our mission is to do these historical texts justice, publishing books that are fine and beautiful, yet remaining affordable and accessible.

Description

“This compelling and occasionally comic study of melancholy became cult reading in the 17th century and has inspired artists from Keats (who said it was his favourite book) over Cy Twombly to Nick Cave.”
—Robert McCrum, The Guardian.

The Anatomy of Melancholy was first published in 1621. It is a pseudoscientific investigation into and philosophical discussion of the possibilities of human happiness. This Book wasn't meant to be read from the first page to the last. Just pick up the book. Open it to any page. You may find lists, digressions, bits of 17th-century prose, quotes, much Latin. Whatever you find, it is sure to please if you only give it half a chance. The Anatomy of Melancholy is definitely "the" desert island book. Don't go without. That would be a terrible mistake.

 

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