The Anatomy of Melancholy

Name: The Anatomy of Melancholy
Author: Robert Burton

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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McGill 1651, Table C and O (PDF 838 and 842); work/audit-056/sources.json — 172-McGillClosingNotice: McGill 1651, final Table leaf and notice signed H. C., PDF 845; work/audit-057/sources.json — scan: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill Library copy; work/audit-057/sources.json — 001-Base text: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (Oxford: printed for Henry Cripps, 1651), Democritus Junior to the Reader, printed pp. 1–3; work/audit-057/sources.json — 002-Base text: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (Oxford: printed for Henry Cripps, 1651), Democritus Junior to the Reader, printed pp. 3–5; work/audit-058/sources.json — scan: Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition (1651), McGill Library copy; work/audit-058/sources.json — 003-Base text: 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.

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.

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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.