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Bibliography and Comparison Resources
The Anatomy of Melancholy: Bibliography and Comparison Resources
p. 1303Recorded uses: DJR-027 — Myrach: Encyclopædia Britannica, ninth edition, volume 1, p. 805, historical anatomical terminology, consulted only for the recorded sense of myrach.; work/audit-008/sources.json — Myrach: Encyclopædia Britannica, ninth edition, volume 1, p. 805, historical anatomical terminology, consulted only for the recorded sense of myrach..
BIB-0317
Bacon, Of Beauty; favour, colour and motion. Bacon, Of Beauty
Recorded uses: DJR-120 — Bacon: Bacon, Of Beauty; favour, colour and motion.; work/audit-039/sources.json — 120-Bacon: Bacon, Of Beauty.
BIB-0318
Hesiod, Works and Days 25–26, Greek in the 1914 Loeb edition, scanned page.
Recorded uses: DJR-041 — hesiod: Hesiod, Works and Days 25–26, Greek in the 1914 Loeb edition, scanned page.; work/audit-012/sources.json — hesiod: Hesiod, Works and Days 25–26, Greek in the 1914 Loeb edition, scanned page..
BIB-0319
Lucian, The Ignorant Book Collector 13, Harmon translation, vol. 3, p. 191: Epictetus’s lamp. Lucian, The Ignorant Book Collector 13, Harmon translation, vol. 3, p. 193. The purchase of Epictetus’s lamp.
Recorded uses: DJR-007 — Lucian: Lucian, The Ignorant Book Collector 13, Harmon translation, vol. 3, p. 191: Epictetus’s lamp.; DJR-017 — lucian: Lucian, The Ignorant Book Collector 13, Harmon translation, vol. 3, p. 193. The purchase of Epictetus’s lamp..
BIB-0320
Helkiah Crooke, Microcosmographia (1615), original title-page transcription.
Recorded uses: DJR-023 — Crooke: Helkiah Crooke, Microcosmographia (1615), original title-page transcription..
BIB-0321
Notes and Queries, ninth series 12 (1903), p. 363; research lead checked against early editions
Recorded uses: work/audit-058/sources.json — NQ1903: Notes and Queries, ninth series 12 (1903), p. 363; research lead checked against early editions.
BIB-0322
Seneca, Thyestes, Latin and historical translation: kingdoms beneath greater rule. Seneca, Thyestes, Latin and historical translation
Recorded uses: DJR-093 — Thyestes: Seneca, Thyestes, Latin and historical translation: kingdoms beneath greater rule.; work/audit-030/sources.json — 093-Thyestes: Seneca, Thyestes, Latin and historical translation.
BIB-0323
Seneca, Hercules Furens 5 and 13: Juno’s complaint and the golden stars of Perseus. Seneca, Hercules Furens 5 and 13
Recorded uses: DJR-167 — seneca: Seneca, Hercules Furens 5 and 13: Juno’s complaint and the golden stars of Perseus.; work/audit-054/sources.json — 167-seneca: Seneca, Hercules Furens 5 and 13.
BIB-0324
Plato, Republic 9, 588b–589b: the composite creature and the soul. Plato, Republic 9, 588b–589b
Recorded uses: DJR-152 — plato: Plato, Republic 9, 588b–589b: the composite creature and the soul.; work/audit-049/sources.json — 152-plato: Plato, Republic 9, 588b–589b.
BIB-0325
Plotinus, Ennead 1.4.7–8, MacKenna translation: happiness, captivity and suffering. Contextual comparison. Plotinus, Ennead 1.4.7–8, MacKenna translation
Recorded uses: DJR-066 — PlotinusHappiness: Plotinus, Ennead 1.4.7–8, MacKenna translation: happiness, captivity and suffering. Contextual comparison.; work/audit-021/sources.json — PlotinusHappiness: Plotinus, Ennead 1.4.7–8, MacKenna translation.
BIB-0326
Plotinus, Enneads 1.6.7 and 1.6.9: renouncing dominion and sunlike vision. Plotinus, Enneads 1.6.7 and 1.6.9
Recorded uses: DJR-152 — plotinus: Plotinus, Enneads 1.6.7 and 1.6.9: renouncing dominion and sunlike vision.; work/audit-049/sources.json — 152-plotinus: Plotinus, Enneads 1.6.7 and 1.6.9.
BIB-0327
Plutarch, On Avoiding Debt, Moralia 830C–D, in Holland’s translation; Cleanthes at the mill. Plutarch On Avoiding Debt
Recorded uses: DJR-048 — PlutarchCleanthes: Plutarch, On Avoiding Debt, Moralia 830C–D, in Holland’s translation; Cleanthes at the mill.; work/audit-015/sources.json — PlutarchCleanthes: Plutarch On Avoiding Debt.
BIB-0328
Xenophon, Symposium 4.12–16; Critobulus and Clinias. Xenophon, Symposium 4.12–16
Recorded uses: DJR-130 — Xenophon Symposium: Xenophon, Symposium 4.12–16; Critobulus and Clinias.; work/audit-042/sources.json — 130-Xenophon Symposium: Xenophon, Symposium 4.12–16.
BIB-0329
Maximus of Tyre, Dissertation XXVII, Thomas Taylor translation (1804): intermediary spirits and their beneficent duties; Greek, Latin and Burton’s complete numbering uncollated. Maximus of Tyre, Dissertation XXVII, Thomas Taylor translation (1804)
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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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