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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

p. 1389

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Recorded uses: DJR-166 — homer: Homer, Iliad, book 8: Zeus and the golden-chain challenge.; work/audit-054/sources.json — 166-homer: Homer, Iliad, book 8.

BIB-1326

Pliny, Natural History, book 36, sections 11–12 (chapter 4, older subsection 5). Bostock and Riley translation compared: the artists are sculptors and Pliny rejects their supposed suicide. Pliny, Natural History 35, chapter 43 (12); Bostock and Riley, volume 6, 1857, pages 283–284. Pliny, Natural History, book 36, sections 11–12 (chapter 4, older subsection 5). Bostock and Riley translation compared Pliny, Natural History 35, chapter 43 (12)

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Recorded uses: DJR-056 — Pliny: Pliny, Natural History, book 36, sections 11–12 (chapter 4, older subsection 5). Bostock and Riley translation compared: the artists are sculptors and Pliny rejects their supposed suicide.; DJR-132 — PlinyNumbers: Pliny, Natural History 35, chapter 43 (12); Bostock and Riley, volume 6, 1857, pages 283–284.; work/audit-017/sources.json — Pliny: Pliny, Natural History, book 36, sections 11–12 (chapter 4, older subsection 5). Bostock and Riley translation compared; work/audit-043/sources.json — 132-PlinyNumbers: Pliny, Natural History 35, chapter 43 (12).

BIB-1327

Lucian, Menippus, or A Necromantic Experiment: consultation of Tiresias. Lucian, Timon the Misanthrope, H. W. and F. G. Fowler translation, for comparison. Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods, Hera and Zeus on Ixion, Fowler translation. Lucian, Of Sacrifice, in Works, volume 1. Lucian, Voyage to the Lower World 27: the tyrant’s bed and lamp as witnesses. Lucian, Voyage to the Lower World 27

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Recorded uses: DJR-073 — lucian: Lucian, Menippus, or A Necromantic Experiment: consultation of Tiresias.; DJR-109 — lucian: Lucian, Timon the Misanthrope, H. W. and F. G. Fowler translation, for comparison.; DJR-127 — lucian: Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods, Hera and Zeus on Ixion, Fowler translation.; DJR-158 — lucian: Lucian, Of Sacrifice, in Works, volume 1.; DJR-164 — Lucian tyrant: Lucian, Voyage to the Lower World 27: the tyrant’s bed and lamp as witnesses.; work/audit-035/sources.json — 109-lucian: Lucian, Timon the Misanthrope, H. W. and F. G. Fowler translation, for comparison.; work/audit-041/sources.json — 127-lucian: Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods, Hera and Zeus on Ixion, Fowler translation.; work/audit-051/sources.json — 158-lucian: Lucian, Of Sacrifice, in Works, volume 1.; work/audit-053/sources.json — 164-Lucian tyrant: Lucian, Voyage to the Lower World 27.

BIB-1328

Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Ashmand’s version, 1.17–18: relations between signs. Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Ashmand’s version, 1.17–18

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Recorded uses: DJR-151 — ptolemy: Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Ashmand’s version, 1.17–18: relations between signs.; work/audit-049/sources.json — 151-ptolemy: Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Ashmand’s version, 1.17–18.

BIB-1329

Plutarch, Whether Land or Water Animals Are More Crafty, chapter9, historical translation in Essays and Miscellanies5; Aristotimus’s argument. Plutarch, Whether Land or Water Animals Are More Crafty, chapter9, historical translation in Essays and Miscellanies5

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Recorded uses: DJR-078 — plutarch: Plutarch, Whether Land or Water Animals Are More Crafty, chapter9, historical translation in Essays and Miscellanies5; Aristotimus’s argument.; work/audit-025/sources.json — 078-plutarch: Plutarch, Whether Land or Water Animals Are More Crafty, chapter9, historical translation in Essays and Miscellanies5.

BIB-1330

Erasmus, The Praise of Folly, on scholars and their children.

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Recorded uses: DJR-033 — Erasmus: Erasmus, The Praise of Folly, on scholars and their children..

BIB-1331

The royal declaration prefixed to the Articles of Religion. Restrictions on disputation and interpretation.

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Recorded uses: DJR-168 — Declaration: The royal declaration prefixed to the Articles of Religion. Restrictions on disputation and interpretation.; work/audit-055/sources.json — 168-Declaration: The royal declaration prefixed to the Articles of Religion. Restrictions on disputation and interpretation..

BIB-1332

Pausanias, Description of Greece 6.8.2, W. H. S. Jones translation: Damarchus.

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Recorded uses: DJR-022 — pausanias: Pausanias, Description of Greece 6.8.2, W. H. S. Jones translation: Damarchus..

BIB-1333

Pausanias 7.21.12–13; the mirror oracle and Cyaneae spring compared. Pausanias 7.21.12–13

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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.