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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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Melancholy, sixth edition, 1651. McGill copy, PDF 550–555, printed 442–447; work/audit-037/sources.json — 116-base: Authoritative base; work/audit-038/sources.json — 117-base: Authoritative base; work/audit-038/sources.json — 118-base: Burton, 1651 sixth edition, McGill scan, PDF 564–569, printed 456–461.; work/audit-038/sources.json — 119-base: Burton, 1651 sixth edition, McGill scan, PDF 569–575, printed 461–467.; work/audit-039/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-039/sources.json — 120-base: Base text; work/audit-039/sources.json — 121-Base: Base text; work/audit-039/sources.json — 122-Base: Base text; work/audit-040/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-040/sources.json — 123-Base: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition, 1651. McGill copy, PDF 591–596, printed 483–488.; work/audit-040/sources.json — 124-Base: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition, 1651. McGill copy, PDF 596–602, printed 488–494.; work/audit-040/sources.json — 125-Base: Robert Burton, 1651 sixth edition, McGill scan, PDF 602–608 (printed 494–500).; work/audit-041/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-041/sources.json — 126-base: McGill copy of the 1651 sixth edition, printed 500–506.; work/audit-041/sources.json — 127-base: McGill copy of the 1651 sixth edition, printed 506–512.; work/audit-041/sources.json — 128-base: McGill 1651 sixth edition, printed 512–517.; work/audit-042/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-042/sources.json — 129-Base: Authoritative transcription base; work/audit-042/sources.json — 130-Base: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, 1651 sixth edition, McGill scan; work/audit-042/sources.json — 131-Base: Robert Burton, 1651 sixth edition, McGill scan; work/audit-043/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-043/sources.json — 132-Base: Robert Burton, 1651 sixth edition, McGill scan; work/audit-043/sources.json — 133-Base: Robert Burton, 1651 sixth edition, McGill scan; work/audit-043/sources.json — 134-Base: Robert Burton, 1651 sixth edition, McGill scan; work/audit-044/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-044/sources.json — 135-Base: Burton, 1651 sixth edition, McGill scan; work/audit-044/sources.json — 136-Base: Burton, 1651 sixth edition, McGill scan; work/audit-044/sources.json — 137-Base: Burton, 1651 sixth edition, McGill scan; work/audit-045/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-045/sources.json — 138-base: Base text; work/audit-045/sources.json — 139-base: McGill 1651 sixth edition, PDF 676–681, printed 568–573. Authoritative transcription base.; work/audit-045/sources.json — 140-base: McGill 1651 sixth edition, PDF 681–687, sequence 581–587. Printed 573, 574, 575, unnumbered verso, 576, unnumbered verso, 577. Authoritative transcription base.; work/audit-046/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-046/sources.json — 141-base: Burton, 1651 sixth edition, McGill scan, PDF 687–692; work/audit-046/sources.json — 142-Base: McGill scan of the 1651 sixth edition, PDF 692–697, printed pages 580–585.; work/audit-046/sources.json — 143-McGill: McGill scan of the 1651 sixth edition, PDF 697–702, printed pages 585–590.; work/audit-047/sources.json — scan: McGill 1651 scan; work/audit-047/sources.json — 144-base: McGill digitization of the 1651 sixth edition, printed pages 591–596; work/audit-047/sources.json — 145-base: Base text; work/audit-047/sources.json — 146-base: Base text; work/audit-048/sources.json — 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.