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Democritus Junior. The Anatomy Of Melancholy Vol. I. The Nonesuch Press, 1925.

Price: US$166.67 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 1925. No Edition Remarks. 299 pages. No dust jacket. Patterned paper covered boards with white vellum spine; gilt lettering to spine. Volume I. Black and white illustrations throughout by E McKnight Kauffer. No 412 of 750 copies. Written by Robert Burton under pseudonym of Democritus Junior. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. The edges of some pages are slightly wavier than others. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with rubbing to surfaces. Corners are moderately bumped with slight peeling of patterned paper. Light tanning to spine and edges with slight crushing to spine ends. Slight liquid staining to both boards, with slight yellow stains to foot of spine and rear vellum.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Democritus Junior [Robert Burton]. The Anatomy of Melancholy [2 vols]. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1925.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Patterned paper covers have half vellum bindings and gilt text on spine. Boards show some rubbing, smudges, edgewear. Corners are bumped and frayed, with exposed board. See photos. Spines have gilt text and are a little darkened, with bumped ends. Bindings are strong. Black end papers/ pastedowns show little to no sign of age or wear. A bookseller sticker at back pastedown. Frontispiece is present. Illustrations are bright and clear. Interior is gently age-toned. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have deckle fore and foot edges, uncut edges Vol. 2.** PS2023.1213** 591 pages. 8 x 12 inches** From The Nonesuch Press, a very handsome edition of this favorite among bibliophiles. Robert Burton (1577-1640) was an English scholar much admired in Early Modern England for his prose style. Written under the name of Democritus Junior, Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy offers an encyclopedic discussion of melancholy, as mental diseases, including bi-polar disorder and depression, were known in the 17th century. The work first appeared in 1621, with five subsequent editions during Burton's lifetime. The edition here for sale is based on the Sixth Edition.** With illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer, based on those in the 17th century editions, but modernized in an Art Deco style.** A Nonesuch Press edition, with typography by Francis Meynell. Printed by the Westminster Press. Limited edition of 750 copies on Dutch paper. This is copy #217.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #009858"**

Seller: Panoply Books, Lambertville, NJ, U.S.A.

Junior, Democritus. The Anatomy of Melancholy , What it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostickes & several cures of it. Two Volume set.. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1925.

Price: US$495.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: With a Satyrical Preface. Robert Burton. Color ( muted Red, Yellow and Black ) Patterned Paper covers boards with Vellum Spines. Board covers and spines show some soil with all edges rubbed. Content clean bright and sound, with all illustrations clean and bright, some uncut pages and narrow edge of a few pages tanned. Size 31.5cm x 20.4cm x 4cm - This set may require additional postage. Photos available on request.

Seller: Old Favorites Bookshop LTD (since 1954), Stouffville, ON, Canada

Burton, Robert [Democritus Junior]. THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY. Nonesuch Press, London, 1925.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Description: Limited to 750 copies, this no. 749. Two volumes. Folio. xv [i], 299p, [v]; [viii], 301-588, [viii]. Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer. Gilt-titled parchment vellum spines with Italian pattern paper sides. Printed by the Westminster Press on Dutch cream laid paper with the Nonesuch watermark. "Kauffer's illustrations for Burton's text provoked some spirited public arguments. Sir Edmund Gosse declared them 'hideous and irrelevant, and that a child would deserve to be smacked for drawing them'. But they were stoutly defended by Roger Fry. whose remarks were later reprinted as 'Book Illustration and a Modern Example' in Transformations (1926)." Dreyfus 28, p. 191. Spines with some light soil, else quite ffesh and crisp copies, uncut and unopened. These are very difficult to find in nice condition, and these are the best copies we have ever seen

Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.

Democritus Junior [Robert Burton]. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it is, With all the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and Several Cures of it. In Three Partitions: Philosophically, Medicinally, Historically, Opened and Cut Up. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1925.

Price: US$844.70 + shipping

Description: A smart set of this reprint of Burton's scholastic work on the subject of melancholia, with illustrations throughout. Complete in two volumes. Originally published in 1621. Limited edition of seven hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number six hundred and nineteen. Illustrated throughout. On the surface 'The Anatomy of Melancholy' is presented as a medical text, which conveys Burton's expansive knowledge on melancholia. However, it is regarded as being as much a sui generis work of literature as it is a scientific or philosophical text, with Burton using melancholy as a lens to analyse human emotion and thought. A truly unique study applauded for its comprehensive nature, this work had admirers throughout time including Samuel Johnson, Charles Lamb, John Keats, and Samuel Beckett. Written by Robert Burton, under the pseudonym of Democritus Junior, an English author and fellow of Oxford University. Illustrated by Edward McKnight Kauffer, an American artist and graphic designer. In the original quarter vellum with pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Minor fading to the extremities, with light discolouration to the spine as is typical with ageing. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Much of the textblock remains unopened to volume two. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

JUNIOR, DEMOCRITUS (BURTON, ROBERT). THe Anatomy of Melancholy. The Nonesuch Press, London, 1925.

Price: US$950.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Two (2) volumes in quarter paper vellum gilt over patterned boards. Edtion limited to 750 numbered copies on japon paper. This is #295. Illustrated throughout by E. MacKnight Kauffer and designed by Francis Meynell. Wear to extremities and to vellum spines. Many pages uncut. Clean copies.Text taken from the 6th edition.

Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada

Burton, Robert. THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY. The Nonesuch Press, N, 1925.

Price: US$1175.81 + shipping

Description: What it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostickes, & several cures of it. . . . Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer. In two volumes. Pp. xvi+300+[iv]+301-592(mostly printed double column, last blank), pictorial title page both volumes, frontispiece portrait Volume I, numerous text illustrations (a few full page), the half-title page printed in red & black; tall impl. 8vo; qr. parchment, spines lettered in gilt, Italian patterned papered boards, slightly rubbed (heavier on lower board of Volume I), edges lightly worn, the parchments slightly soiled; uncut; text block faintly browned at edges, a couple of spots of foxing and very occasional slight soiling; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1925. One of 750 numbered sets on Dutch paper. McKitterick 28. *Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator on a preliminary blank in Volume I: 'For Ethel and Lloyd who nobly shared not a little of the melancholy of winter 1924-25 when Burton was only a third finished - and long overdue for publication. This copy is inscribed to them, with the affection and friendship of, E. McKnight Kauffer (Ted).' With the bookplate of Lloyd Osbourne on the upper pastedowns beneath later book label of David Levine, Sydney. Samuel Lloyd Osbourne (1868-1947) was the son of Fanny Osbourne and stepson of Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island is said to have evolved from a pirate story Stevenson entertained him with as a child, and Lloyd was the model for the novel's young narrator, Jim Hawkins. He married his second wife, Ethel Blanche Head, in London in 1914, and they presumably met Kauffer there when he was living in London and producing his renowned posters for London Underground and London Transport.

Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia