THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, WHAT IT IS, WITH ALL THE KINDS, CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, PROGNOSTICS, AND SEVERAL CURES OF IT. IN THREE PARTITIONS. VOL. I., ROBERT BURTON (DEMOCRITUS JUNIOR), A. C. ARMSTRONG AND SON, NEW YORK, 1893.
 
Burton's famous work, first published in 1621, and with 5 editions in his lifetime with alterations and additions, is an encyclopedic treatise ostensibly on melancholia, but of much wider scientific and philosophical import.
 
Navy blue cloth with paper spine title and chocolate endpapers. Secure binding with a very light top spine shift and clean pages. 8 x 5-1/2 with 500 pages. Fancy original cursive name at top of title page.