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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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The Anatomy of Melancholy: Source Record

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Scan 515; printed 407; sequence 415; image block107-source-515.png. Complete body and six marginal containers, including Plato epigram. Preserve Aeneid 2 as printed while noting Servius parallel in book 4. Join Maximus Tyrius and Arnoldus Villanovanus in modern text.

Scan 516; printed 408; sequence 416; image block107-source-516.png. Complete body and seven marginal containers, including lower extensions and k. Preserve à demente and discrepancy between margin Platonem and body plane trees. Heliodorus bishop story retained as Burton’s cited tradition.

Scan 517; printed 409; sequence 417; image block107-source-517.png. Opening body through I will not presse you with my Pamphlets, or beg attention, but if you like them you may. Include four margins: dagger Discum, l Macrobius, m Xenophon, dagger Aretino. Retain studiosorum and note Pliny studiorum. Subsequent body and margins reserved for 108.

Opening words: ANALYSIS OF THE THIRD PARTITION.

Closing words: I will not presse you with my Pamphlets, or beg attention, but if you like them you may.

Passages DJR-108-01 to DJR-108-49

Source page labels: 409–414 (sequence 417–422). Scan pages: 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522.

Scan 517; printed 409; sequence 417; image block107-source-517.png. From Pliny holds it expedient through the end of the body page; five remaining marginal containers included. The opening four margins and preceding body belong to 107. Preserve Maudarensis, Amnianus and lætam materiam; identify Apuleius in the modern text and explanatory note.

Scan 518; printed 410; sequence 418; image block107-source-518.png. Complete body and thirteen marginal containers, including the unanchored lower Martianus Capella note attached to Pallas. Preserve Latin and separate English glosses and the picture/statues discrepancy.

Scan 519; printed 411; sequence 419; image block107-source-519.png. Complete body and four marginal containers. Completes Subsection 1 preface and opens Subsection 2 on love’s origin, object, definition and divisions.

Scan 520; printed 412; sequence 420; image block108-source-520.png. Complete body and twelve marginal containers. Definitions of love and beauty, including Augustine/body versus Godefridus/margin and the difference between margin z and the body over fair.

Scan 521; printed 413; sequence 421; image block108-source-521.png. Complete body and nine marginal containers. Beauty, sensory faculties, two Venuses and two loves. Unanchored Dionysius and Plato references attached to their relevant passages; preserve the misplaced n anchor and note its sense.

Scan 522; printed 414; sequence 422; image block108-source-522.png. Opening body through Latin two-Venuses epigram and Burton’s separate eight-line English rendering, ending Rules whom she will, both where and when. Margins p, q and r included; s reserved for 109. Preserve two cities/two loves reversal and Plaontis. The Subsection 3 running head is premature: actual body still Subsection 2.

Opening words: Pliny holds it expedient, and most fit, severitatem jucunditate etiam in scriptis condire,

Closing words: Rules whom she will, both where and when.

Passages DJR-109-01 to DJR-109-50

Source page labels: 414–419 (sequence 422–427). Scan pages: 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527.

Scan 522; printed 414; sequence 422; image block108-source-522.png. From This twofold division of Love, Origen likewise followes through the remaining body, including margin s. Prior body and margins p, q and r belong to 108. Retain rest it self. Running head Subsection 3 is premature; body remains Member 1 Subsection 2.

Scan 523; printed 415; sequence 423; image block108-source-523.png. Complete body and six marginal containers. Directions of love, natural and sentient love. Preserve Scaliger 501, printed margin o out of sequence, and olei; translate conditional With the world it should run without making it an injunction.

Scan 524; printed 416; sequence 424; image block109-source-524.png. Complete body and ten marginal containers. Rational and divine love, angels, and the close of Member 1 Subsection 2. Preserve Disciple of love, servant of peace, John 3.55, Hosea 14.5, and the body/sea versus margin/air difference. Casti genii confirmed in enlarged scan.

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About This Reading Edition

Robert Burton’s Anatomy ranges across medicine, philosophy, poetry, religion, and everyday life in its inquiry into melancholy. This complete parallel edition pairs the 1651 English text with a close modern English rendering, preserving the three Partitions, Democritus Junior’s address to the reader, verse, and the historical index.

Historical Text and Translation

The historical text follows the sixth edition, printed at Oxford for Henry Cripps in 1651, using the McGill University Library copy. The supplied edition documents missing printed pages 98–99 supplied from another 1651 copy at the Bavarian State Library. Historical folio labels and their irregularities remain visible; web reader numbers identify reflowed passages and do not claim to reproduce PDF pagination.

About Diotimos Editions

Diotimos Editions prepared the close modern English rendering and editorial matter. All 8,755 original and modern passage pairs remain aligned, with verse breaks, italics, continuations, and linked annotations preserved. Burton’s 6,781 historical notes retain their attribution; 6,895 editorial notes remain distinct. The introduction, Note on the Text, contextual lexicon, indexes, source documentation, and bibliography are included. The engraved frontispiece remains available in the original downloads.

Rights

Burton’s historical text is in the public domain. The modern English rendering, introduction, notes, and editorial matter are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and appear with the site owner’s permission. The complete supplied PDF, EPUB, Word, and Markdown files remain available unchanged. The PDF and Word edition preserve the original parallel page layout.