The Anatomy of Melancholy

Name: The Anatomy of Melancholy
Author: Robert Burton

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill scan, PDF 807–812, printed 695–700. Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition 1651, McGill scan, PDF 812–816, printed 700–704. Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition 1651, McGill scan, PDF 816–821, printed 704–709. Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition 1651, McGill scan, PDF 821–827, printed 709–715. Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition 1651, McGill scan. PDF 827–832, printed 715–720. Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition 1651, McGill scan. PDF 832–835, printed 720–723. Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition, Oxford, 1651, McGill copy: PDF 7–16; base text and facsimile. Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill Library copy. Unnumbered alphabetical Table, PDF 837–841, A–L. McGill 1651 body, printed 378, 381, 464, 494 and 575 (PDF 486, 489, 572, 602 and 683): passages inspected for the disputed index entries. Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill Library copy. Unnumbered Table, M–Y, and closing notice and imprint, PDF 841–845. McGill 1651, Table C and O (PDF 838 and 842); body printed 401, 547 and 549 (PDF 509, 655 and 657): subject and locator comparisons inspected. McGill 1651, final Table leaf and notice signed H. C., PDF 845: printed testimony about the corrected copy and handwritten additions. McGill 1651 scan Robert Burton, sixth edition, McGill scan, printed pages 41–46 Base witness: McGill, 1651, PDF 197–200 Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill copy, printed 100–105, PDF 200–205 Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill copy: printed pages 130–135, PDF pages 230–235 McGill Library scan of Burton’s 1651 sixth edition Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill copy. Base text Base text McGill 1651 sixth edition, PDF323–329 Controlling source Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition, 1651. McGill copy, PDF 347–351, printed 239–243 Controlling text Robert Burton, sixth edition (1651), McGill scan McGill Library McGill Library 1651 sixth edition, PDF373–378, printed265–270 McGill 1651 sixth edition, PDF 378–382, printed 270–274 McGill 1651 sixth edition, PDF 382–387, printed 274–279 McGill 1651 sixth edition, PDF 387–392, printed 279–284 McGill 1651 sixth edition, PDF 392–397, printed 284–289 Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition, 1651 Base witness McGill Library, 1651 sixth edition, PDF 434–439, printed 326–331 Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill copy McGill 1651 sixth edition Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition, 1651. McGill copy Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition, 1651. McGill copy, PDF 550–555, printed 442–447 Authoritative base Authoritative transcription base Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, 1651 sixth edition, McGill scan Robert Burton, 1651 sixth edition, McGill scan Burton, 1651 sixth edition, McGill scan Burton, 1651 sixth edition, McGill scan, PDF 687–692 McGill digitization of the 1651 sixth edition, printed pages 591–596 Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill copy Burton, sixth edition (1651), McGill copy Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill copy, PDF 787–792 McGill 1681 scan Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition, Oxford, 1651, McGill copy

Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill Library copy McGill 1651 body, printed 378, 381, 464, 494 and 575 (PDF 486, 489, 572, 602 and 683) McGill 1651, Table C and O (PDF 838 and 842) McGill 1651, final Table leaf and notice signed H. C., PDF 845 Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (Oxford: printed for Henry Cripps, 1651), Democritus Junior to the Reader, printed pp. 1–3 Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (Oxford: printed for Henry Cripps, 1651), Democritus Junior to the Reader, printed pp. 3–5 Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), printed pp. 5–6

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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.

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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.

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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.