NMLP P-041316 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Anatomy of Melancholy

Robert Burton · Printed by John Lichfield and James Short for Henry Cripps, Oxford · 1621

Format is the cleanest test: the 1621 is the only quarto — signatures a-e8 f4 A-3C8 3D4, closing with a final errata leaf (3D4, commonly cited as Ddd4; verso blank) that is scarce and frequently lacking — while all five later lifetime editions (1624, 1628, 1632, 1638, 1651-52), likewise Oxford and likewise for Henry Cripps, are folios

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-041316 for "The Anatomy of Melancholy" by Robert Burton (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-041316, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).