Dr Johnson observed of this works that "it was the only book that ever took him out of bed tvo hours soonce than he wished to rise? 1.462. It was first published in 4 to at Oxford in 1621 by st. Crepps Second editi Shird Fourth Fifth ކ M 1624. Folio. 1638 folis 1860, folis 1676 folio. 1800 8n 2 vols. To this was first prefixed account of the author Robert Burton Its revived popularity, after long neglect, is said to have been due to Dr. Johnson's praise of it. 2.84. "The most amusing and instructive medley of quotations 97 Burton (R.) THE ANATOMY OF MELAN- 12 " Burton's ratioy of Melancholy is a valuable work. It is perhap overloaded with quotation; but there is great spirit and great power in what he says when he writes from his own mind. DJohnson 11.189 THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, WHAT IT IS, WITH ALL THE KINDS, CAUSES, SYMPTOMES, 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. WITH A SATYRICALL PREFACE CONDUCING TO THE FOLLOWING DISCOURSE. The Ninth Edition, corrected; To which is now first prefixed, AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR. Omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED BY J. CUNDEE, IVY-LANE, FOR VERNOR AND HOOD; J. CUTHELL; J. SEWELL; J. WALKER; |