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The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is, with all the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostics, and Several Cures of It... Two Volumes
by Democritus Junior, Pseudonym for Robert Burton
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for Thomas McLean, 1826. New edition [1826] with An Account of the Author. First published 1621. Two volumes in basic period bindings, paper covered boards with faded cloth spines and remains of paper spine labels, decorative engraved title in first volume. Covers worn, spotted and chipped at the extremities, good hinges, firm text blocks, heavily foxed endpapers, light foxing to engraved title, pages clean, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047128
- Title
- The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is, with all the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostics, and Several Cures of It... Two Volumes
- Author
- Democritus Junior, Pseudonym for Robert Burton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Printed for Thomas McLean
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1826
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- MENTAL ILLNESS MEDICINE MEDICAL HISTORY DEPRESSION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Medicine & Nature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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