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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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The Anatomy of Melancholy: Bibliography and Comparison Resources

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Recorded uses: DJR-054 — strozzi: CAMENA, Strozzi collection, Paris 1530: catalogue and scan identify the edition. Ercole’s lament for Tito, folios 39b–40a, compared directly for both excerpts.; work/audit-017/sources.json — strozzi: CAMENA, Strozzi collection, Paris 1530.

BIB-0512

Ercole Strozzi, lament for Tito Vespasiano, Paris 1530, folio 39b: first excerpt, including avidum. Ercole Strozzi, lament for Tito Vespasiano, Paris 1530, folio 39b

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Recorded uses: DJR-054 — Strozzi39b: Ercole Strozzi, lament for Tito Vespasiano, Paris 1530, folio 39b: first excerpt, including avidum.; work/audit-017/sources.json — Strozzi39b: Ercole Strozzi, lament for Tito Vespasiano, Paris 1530, folio 39b.

BIB-0513

Ercole Strozzi, lament for Tito Vespasiano, Paris 1530, folio 40a: second excerpt, including meus ille. Ercole Strozzi, lament for Tito Vespasiano, Paris 1530, folio 40a

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Recorded uses: DJR-054 — Strozzi40a: Ercole Strozzi, lament for Tito Vespasiano, Paris 1530, folio 40a: second excerpt, including meus ille.; work/audit-017/sources.json — Strozzi40a: Ercole Strozzi, lament for Tito Vespasiano, Paris 1530, folio 40a.

BIB-0514

MacTutor History of Mathematics, Thabit ibn Qurra: biographical and astronomical context.

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Recorded uses: DJR-046 — Thabit: MacTutor History of Mathematics, Thabit ibn Qurra: biographical and astronomical context.; work/audit-014/sources.json — Thabit: MacTutor History of Mathematics, Thabit ibn Qurra: biographical and astronomical context..

BIB-0515

Servius on Aeneid 4.585: Tithonus changed into a cicada; Latin excerpt reproduced in the Tithon source collection. Servius on Aeneid 4.585

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Recorded uses: DJR-047 — Servius: Servius on Aeneid 4.585: Tithonus changed into a cicada; Latin excerpt reproduced in the Tithon source collection.; work/audit-014/sources.json — Servius: Servius on Aeneid 4.585.

BIB-0516

US National Library of Medicine, MeSH, Mesentery. Anatomical definition used only to distinguish the structures conflated in Burton’s account.

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Recorded uses: DJR-057 — Mesentery: US National Library of Medicine, MeSH, Mesentery. Anatomical definition used only to distinguish the structures conflated in Burton’s account.; work/audit-018/sources.json — Mesentery: US National Library of Medicine, MeSH, Mesentery. Anatomical definition used only to distinguish the structures conflated in Burton’s account..

BIB-0517

Lydgate, The Floure of Curtesye, stanzas on birds’ freedom and human constraint.

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Recorded uses: DJR-142 — Lydgate: Lydgate, The Floure of Curtesye, stanzas on birds’ freedom and human constraint.; work/audit-046/sources.json — 142-Lydgate: Lydgate, The Floure of Curtesye, stanzas on birds’ freedom and human constraint..

BIB-0518

Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy 3, prose 7; English translation, childlessness and fortune in misfortune. Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy 3, prose 7

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Recorded uses: DJR-142 — Boethius3p7: Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy 3, prose 7; English translation, childlessness and fortune in misfortune.; work/audit-046/sources.json — 142-Boethius3p7: Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy 3, prose 7.

BIB-0519

Montaigne, Essays 1.4: the reported king’s prohibition of worship, presented as a circulating story. Montaigne, Essays 1.4

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Recorded uses: DJR-161 — montaigne: Montaigne, Essays 1.4: the reported king’s prohibition of worship, presented as a circulating story.; work/audit-052/sources.json — 161-montaigne: Montaigne, Essays 1.4.

BIB-0520

Montaigne, Essays 2.12; the full view of the body and the Ovid couplet. Montaigne, Essays 2.12

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Recorded uses: DJR-137 — Montaigne: Montaigne, Essays 2.12; the full view of the body and the Ovid couplet.; work/audit-044/sources.json — 137-Montaigne: Montaigne, Essays 2.12.

BIB-0521

Juvenal, Satire 14.134, Latin text: the beggar on a bridge.

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Recorded uses: DJR-048 — Juvenal14: Juvenal, Satire 14.134, Latin text: the beggar on a bridge.; work/audit-015/sources.json — Juvenal14: Juvenal, Satire 14.134, Latin text: the beggar on a bridge..

BIB-0522

Seneca, Moral Letters 2.2, Latin text; Monumenta. Seneca, Moral Letters 2.2, Latin text

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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.