Bibliographic and Editorial Note.
The text of this version is taken from a reprint of the sixth
(1652) edition, by Chatto and Windus, London, 1883.
Translations from the Latin -- Those in round brackets ( . . )
were footnotes in the original; those in square brackets
[ . . ] are the work of the Ex-Classics Project.
Footnotes in Latin (of which there were a great many) have
been omitted.
Accents have been removed from Latin, in accordance with
modern practice.
Greek has been transliterated according to the following
scheme:
alpha: a
beta: b
gamma: g
delta: d
espilon: e
zeta: z
eta: e
theta: th
iota: i
kappa: k
lambda: l
mu: m
nu: n
xi: x
omicron: o
pi: p
rho: r
sigma: s
tau: t
upsilon: y
phi: ph
chi: ch
psi: ps
omega: o
The glossary is by the Ex-Classics Project
Title Page
THE
ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY
WHAT IT IS
WITH ALL THE KINDS, CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, PROGNOSTICS, AND
SEVERAL CURES OF IT
IN THREE PARTITIONS; WITH THEIR SEVERAL SECTIONS, MEMBERS,
AND SUBSECTIONS, PHILOSOPHICALLY, MEDICINALLY, HISTORICALLY
OPENED AND CUT UP
BY DEMOCRITUS JUNIOR
[ROBERT BURTON]
WITH A SATIRICAL PREFACE, CONDUCING TO THE FOLLOWING
DISCOURSE
Dedication
HONORATISSIMO DOMINO,
NON MINVS VIRTUTE SUA, QUAM GENERIS SPLENDORE,
ILLVSTRISSIMO,
GEORGIO BERKLEIO,
MILITI DE BALNEO, BARONI DE BERKLEY, MOUBREY, SEGRAVE,
D. DE BRUSE,
DOMINO SUO MULTIS NOMINIBUS OBSERVANDO,
HANC SUAM
MELANCHOLIAe ANATOMEN,
JAM SEXTO REVISAM, D. D.
DEMOCRITUS JUNIOR.
