The Anatomy of Melancholy

Name: The Anatomy of Melancholy
Author: Robert Burton

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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1651: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill Library copy. Unnumbered alphabetical Table, PDF 837–841, A–L.; DJR-171 — McGillBodyChecks: McGill 1651 body, printed 378, 381, 464, 494 and 575 (PDF 486, 489, 572, 602 and 683): passages inspected for the disputed index entries.; DJR-172 — McGill 1651: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill Library copy. Unnumbered Table, M–Y, and closing notice and imprint, PDF 841–845.; DJR-172 — McGillIndexChecks: 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.; DJR-172 — McGillClosingNotice: McGill 1651, final Table leaf and notice signed H. C., PDF 845: printed testimony about the corrected copy and handwritten additions.; work/audit-002/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-003/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-004/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-005/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-006/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-007/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-008/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-008/sources.json — Copy text: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill copy, printed pages 31–37, PDF pages 131–137. Governing source for text and marginalia.; work/audit-008/sources.json — McGill1651: Robert Burton, sixth edition, McGill scan, printed pages 41–46; work/audit-009/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-009/sources.json — base: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill scan: printed pages 46–51, PDF pages 146–151.; work/audit-009/sources.json — McGill1651: Robert Burton, sixth edition 1651, McGill copy, printed pages 57–62, PDF pages 157–162. Transcription authority.; work/audit-010/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-010/sources.json — McGill1651: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition, 1651, McGill scan, printed pages 63–67, PDF pages 163–167.; work/audit-010/sources.json — McGill scan: Base text: Burton, sixth edition (1651), McGill copy, printed pages 72–77, PDF pages 172–177.; work/audit-011/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-011/sources.json — McGill: Base text: Burton, sixth edition (1651), McGill copy, printed pages 77–82, PDF pages 177–182.; work/audit-011/sources.json — base: McGill 1651 sixth edition, printed pages 83–87, PDF pages 183–187.; work/audit-011/sources.json — Base: McGill sixth edition 1651, printed pages 87–92, PDF pages 187–192.; work/audit-012/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-012/sources.json — Base: McGill sixth edition 1651, printed 92–96, PDF 192–196.; work/audit-012/sources.json — McGill: Base witness: McGill, 1651, PDF 197–200; work/audit-012/sources.json — base: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill copy, printed 100–105, PDF 200–205; work/audit-013/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-013/sources.json — base: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition, 1651, McGill copy, printed 110–115 (112 misnumbered 122), PDF 210–215.; work/audit-013/sources.json — Base: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill copy: printed 115–120, PDF 215–220. All six images visually read.; work/audit-014/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-014/sources.json — Base: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of

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.