# The Anatomy of Melancholy

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- Book: [The Anatomy of Melancholy](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-burton/the-anatomy-of-melancholy) ([The Anatomy of Melancholy.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-burton/the-anatomy-of-melancholy.md))
- Authors: [Robert Burton](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-burton)
- Publisher: nyrb_classics
- ISBN: 978-09-4032-266-0
- Pages: 1424
- Published: 2001-04-30
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication...