The Anatomy of Melancholy

Name: The Anatomy of Melancholy
Author: Robert Burton

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill copy: printed pages 130–135, PDF pages 230–235; work/audit-015/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-015/sources.json — McGill1651: Base text: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition, 1651, McGill copy, PDF pages 243–249.; work/audit-016/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-016/sources.json — McGill: Base text: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill copy, printed 156–161 / PDF 260–265.; work/audit-017/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-017/sources.json — base: McGill Library scan of Burton’s 1651 sixth edition; work/audit-017/sources.json — McGill: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill copy. Base text; work/audit-018/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-018/sources.json — Copy text: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill copy, printed pages 174–178, PDF pages 278–282. Governing source for body text and all marginalia within the block.; work/audit-018/sources.json — McGill 1651: Base text; work/audit-018/sources.json — McGill1651: Base text; work/audit-019/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-019/sources.json — McGill1651: Base text; work/audit-020/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-020/sources.json — McGill1651: Base text; work/audit-020/sources.json — Base: McGill copy of the 1651 sixth edition, PDF pages 315–319, printed pages 211–215. Source body and marginalia visually read.; work/audit-021/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-021/sources.json — Base: McGill 1651 sixth edition, PDF323–329; work/audit-021/sources.json — McGill: Controlling source; work/audit-022/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-022/sources.json — base: McGill Library, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), PDF 334–338, printed 226–230. Controlling transcription images.; work/audit-022/sources.json — McGill1651: McGill 1651 sixth-edition scan, PDF 342–347, printed 234–239. Controlling body and marginal text.; work/audit-023/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-023/sources.json — McGill1651: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition, 1651. McGill copy, PDF 347–351, printed 239–243; work/audit-023/sources.json — mcgill: Controlling text; work/audit-023/sources.json — base: Robert Burton, sixth edition (1651), McGill scan; work/audit-024/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-024/sources.json — base: McGill Library; work/audit-025/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-025/sources.json — 078-base: McGill Library 1651 sixth edition, PDF373–378, printed265–270; work/audit-025/sources.json — 079-base: McGill 1651 sixth edition, PDF 378–382, printed 270–274; work/audit-025/sources.json — 080-base: McGill 1651 sixth edition, PDF 382–387, printed 274–279; work/audit-026/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-026/sources.json — 081-Base: McGill 1651 sixth edition, PDF 387–392, printed 279–284; work/audit-026/sources.json — 082-Base: McGill 1651 sixth edition, PDF 392–397, printed 284–289; work/audit-026/sources.json — 083-McGill1651: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition, 1651; work/audit-027/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-027/sources.json — 084-base: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition, 1651; work/audit-027/sources.json — 085-base: Base text; work/audit-027/sources.json —

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.