Burton, Robert
The Anatomy of Melancholy
£252
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Oxford: for Henry Cripps, 1638. Fifth edition, folio, 20th-century quarter morocco, engraved allegorical title-page, prelims misbound and lacking leaf ²[sec.]⁴ (containing part of the introductory poem), title-page laid down, marginal repairs to half-title and final quire (5A), 2I⁴ with small hole, ⁴2L¹ repaired, 4H³ with marginal repair, damp-staining towards rear [ESTC S122250; STC 4163];
and 20 others (these not fully collated), including: C. F. Oldham, The Sun and the Serpent: A Contribution to the History of Serpent-Worship, 1905 (first edition, 8vo, original cloth, halftone photographic plates, cloth mottled); James Frazer, The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, 1932 (2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth); ibid., Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild, 1912 (2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth); John Buller, A Statistical Account of the Parish of Saint Just in Penwith in the County of Cornwall, Penzance: R. D. Rodda, 1842 (first edition, 8vo, original cloth, lithographic frontispiece, other plates, several folding, spotting, annotations to front free endpaper, binding marked); The Studio, The Art of the Book, 1914 (folio, original wrappers, plates); a personal photograph album relating to the construction of Guelph prison, Ontario, Canada, 1910s; and similar
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