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Price: US$322.07 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The ninth edition, corrected and with an account of the author. Two volume set. Engraved frontispiece to both volumes and some text illustrations. This set is from The Lowther Castle Library of The Earl of Lonsdale with his attractive oval bookplate printed on blue paper with gilt design. Also signed on the title page by W. Lowther. Booksellers ticket in volume one "sold by Booker, No. 56, Bond Street, London. Paper slightly age toned and foxed. Endpapers foxed. Bound in a contemporary full tree calf with the Lowther monogram to the front covers. Edges heavily rubbed and frayed. Spine edges split and frayed, boards still firmly attached. Split down the centre of volume one, still holding together well. Top and bottom of the spines rubbed and chipped. Green leather titling labels slightly split and chipped. Gilt decorations to spines. Spines generally rubbed. Still a fair set. Interesting ownership and in the Lowther Castle Binding. This is the first edition with the life of the author. Volume one has 461 pages and volume two has 601 pages.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 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. [Robert Burton] With a Satyricall preface conducing to the following discourse. The Ninth Edition, corrected; To which Is not first prefixed, an Account of the Author. 2 volumes. London. Printed by J. Cundee for Vernor and Hood. 1800. Full leather. Marbled endpapers. Spine labels, gold lettering on black leather. 461 and 601 pages + table. Front cover of volume 1 detached but present. Bookplate of Harley B. Mitchell on inside front covers of both volumes (mid-century US). Binding, apart from detached board, very tight. Pages clean and square. Leather scuffed at the edges, but attractive (photos available on request). Burtons Anatomy of Melancholy was first published in 1621. He revised it several times in his lifetime. It was a popular and often-reprinted work, and fell famously out of print for the entire eighteenth century. When this edition of 1800 was published, there had not been a new edition in nearly 150 years.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$654.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: Printed By J. Cundee for Vernor and Hood; J. Cuthell, J. Sewell, J. Walker; Lackington, Allen & Co.; Otridge & Son; Ogilvy & Son, 1800. Ninth edition, corrected [1800], with An Account of the Author. First published 1621. Two volumes in ealy 19th century bindings, three quarter smooth brown leather over marbled boards, black spine labels, broad raised spine bands decorated in gilt, red speckled edges, frontis engravings in each volume, 461 plus 601 pages plus index at the end of second volume. Covers rubbed and scuffed, some roughness to the volume II spine head, joints secure, text blocks sound, pages clean with only a few instances of very minor foxing, armorial bookplate of Charles A. Woolley (by De Gruchy & Leigh) inside each front cover with evidence that an additional bookplate was placed over it but removed (residue above the Woolley bookplates), no other markings. Woolley was from Australia; the bookplate engraver was based in Melbourne, Australia. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Burton, Robert. Anatomy of Melancholy. J. Cundee, London, 1800.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes, both very good or better, bound in contemporary full brown leather, raised bands, gilt decorated spine; boards are decoratively rolled in gilt on borders and turn-ins, marbled end sheets, indexed, frontispiece in each volume; professional reparation to hinges and spine ends; endsheets with contemporary bookplates; contents are clean with occasional spotting and a few straightened dog ears; the ninth edition and the first to contain an accounting of the author; this is the only 18th century publication of this masterpiece. A handsome set
Seller: Walt Barrie Rare Books, gleneden beach, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$881.17 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The ninth edition, corrected, of Robert Burton's classic work. Two volumes in full tan leather with gilt lined borders to boards. Embossing to spines & gilt lettered labels. Bookplate of Frederick J.O. Montagu. Vol.1 Engraved frontispiece, 1 page of Latin, 1 page The Argument of the Frontispiece, 2pp Latin Democritus Junior ad Librum suum, 1 page poetry, Advertisement, 10pp Account of the Author with oval engraving, 461pp. tailpiece engraving. Vol 2 Bookplate to pastedown, engraved frontispiece, 601pp, 11 pp The Table & tailpiece engraving.Bindings very smart and tight with no splits to hinges. Minor scuffing to leather,mainly at corners, a little foxing, chiefly to title pages and frontis, else pages generally very clean indeed. A VG+ smart library set.
Seller: MANOR COLLECTABLES, WOODHALL SPA, LINCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated Ninth Edition, corrected; to which is now first prefixed, An Account of the Author. In 2 volumes, complete. Re-backed, fresh hinges by Talin Bookbindery, gilt ruling, six compartments, blindstamped decoration, gilt titles. Original marble endpapers. xxiv, 596, 601, 11 (table of contents), 2 (advertising) pp. Frontispiece engraving by Thurston Delin. Argument of the Frontispiece. "Democritus Junior ad Librum suum" (2 pp.) "The Author's Abstract of Melancholy" (1 p.); Advertisement (1 p.); Cameo engraving of author, "An Account of the Author" (10 pp.); "Democritus Junior to the Reader (114 pp.); 2 pp. in Latin; "The Synopsis of the First Partition" (an outline of topics, 5 pp.), The First Partition (461 pp.). Anatomy of the Body, Anatomy of the Soul, Diseases of the Mind, Causes of Melancholy -- a truly fascinating look into very early thinking about mental illness. Scuffing, a few small scrapes, repaired wear to corners. Near fine.
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.