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The melancholy temperament: an anxious woman clasps her hands as an agitated man lies on the ground. Engraving by R. Sadeler, 1583, after M. de Vos.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 26884i
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A man whose face exemplifies the melancholy temperament. Drawing, c. 1789.
Date: c. 1789Reference: 28746i
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The anatomy of melancholy : what it is, with all the kind causes, symptomes, prognostickes, & severall cures of it, in three partitions, with their severall sections, members & subsections, philosophically, medicinally, historically, opened & ... / by Democritus Junior ; with a satyricall preface conducing to the following discourse.
Burton, Robert, 1577-1640Date: 1676
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Malinconia erotica : trattato sul mal d'amore / Jacques Ferrand ; a cura di Massimo Ciavolella.
Ferrand, Jacques, 1575?-Date: 1991
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Melancholia : le malaise de l'individu / Jackie Pigeaud.
Pigeaud, Jackie.Date: [2008], ©2008
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St Luke's Hospital, Cripplegate, London: the interior of the women's ward, with many inmates and a member of staff. Coloured aquatint by J.C. Stadler after A.C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson, 1809.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 1 August 1809Reference: 26055i
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David playing the harp for a melancholy Saul to ease his mind, they are surrounded by courtiers. Etching by J. Kip after G. Freman.
Freman, G.Reference: 18600i
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A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
Nessenthaler, Johann David, 1717?-1766.Reference: 26893i
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Melancholia: a female figure contemplating a skull, surrounded by attributes of knowledge and learning. Engraving after D. Fetti.
Fetti, Domenico, approximately 1589-1623.Reference: 20080i
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The anatomy of melancholy : what it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostickes, & severall cures of it : in three partitions with their severall sections, members, & subsections philosophically, medicinally, historically opened & cut up : with a satyrical preface conducing to the following discourse / by Democritus Junior.
Burton, Robert, 1577-1640Date: 1660
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A bibliography of melancholy, 1660-1800 / compiled by John F. Sena.
Sena, John F.Date: 1970
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Aristote : l'homme de génie et la mélancholie Problème XXX, 1 / traduction, présentation et notes par Jackie Pigeaud.
Pigeaud, Jackie.Date: [1988], ©1988
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Profile of a melancholy man with characteristics of penetration, fear, and distrust. Drawing, c. 1792.
Date: 1792?Reference: 29947i
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De l'hypocondrie et de la mancolie / par V. L. E. Duvivier.
Duvivier, V. L. E.Date: 1853
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A tall, thin military officer carries on his shoulders an enormously fat parson dressed in gown and bands followed by a dejected-looking farmer. Etching by J. Gillray, 1783.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: April 10 1783Reference: 585052i
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A man suffering from depressed spirits ("hypochondria"), being tormented by doleful spectres. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.
Dunthorne, James, active 1780-1792.Date: 1 March 1788Reference: 18127i
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A despondent winged woman holding a geometrical instrument surrounded by attributes associated with knowledge; representing melancholia. Heliogravure attributed to C. Amand-Durand, 18--, after A. Dürer, 1514.
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 20093i
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Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale after C. Cibber, 1680.
Cibber, Caius Gabriel, 1630-1700.Reference: 25635i
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David playing his harp for a distraught Saul. Steel engraving by J. Rogers after A. Gros.
Gros, Antoine-Jean, Baron, 1771-1835.Reference: 18609i
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De melancholia : dissertatio inauguralis quam ad lauream medicam assequendam / edit Bajetta Carolus Veronensis.
Bajetta, Charles.Date: MDCCCXLII [1842]
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Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving in outline by [H.D.], 1816, after T. Stothard, 1783, after C. Cibber, 1680.
Cibber, Caius Gabriel, 1630-1700.Date: 1816Reference: 25641i
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Melancholy and culture : essays on the diseases of the soul in Golden Age Spain / by Roger Bartra ; translated from Spanish by Christopher Follett.
Bartra, Roger.Date: 2008
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Receipt book, early 17th century
Date: early-mid 17th centuryReference: MS.8086
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Profile of a man displaying a choleric-melancholic temperament. Drawing, c. 1792.
Date: 1792?Reference: 29834i
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The worlds of Renaissance melancholy : Robert Burton in context / Angus Gowland.
Gowland, Angus.Date: 2006

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The melancholy temperament: an anxious woman clasps her hands as an agitated man lies on the ground. Engraving by R. Sadeler, 1583, after M. de Vos.

A man whose face exemplifies the melancholy temperament. Drawing, c. 1789.

Malinconia erotica : trattato sul mal d'amore / Jacques Ferrand ; a cura di Massimo Ciavolella.

Melancholia : le malaise de l'individu / Jackie Pigeaud.

St Luke's Hospital, Cripplegate, London: the interior of the women's ward, with many inmates and a member of staff. Coloured aquatint by J.C. Stadler after A.C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson, 1809.

David playing the harp for a melancholy Saul to ease his mind, they are surrounded by courtiers. Etching by J. Kip after G. Freman.

A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.

Melancholia: a female figure contemplating a skull, surrounded by attributes of knowledge and learning. Engraving after D. Fetti.

A bibliography of melancholy, 1660-1800 / compiled by John F. Sena.

Aristote : l'homme de génie et la mélancholie Problème XXX, 1 / traduction, présentation et notes par Jackie Pigeaud.

Profile of a melancholy man with characteristics of penetration, fear, and distrust. Drawing, c. 1792.

De l'hypocondrie et de la mancolie / par V. L. E. Duvivier.

A tall, thin military officer carries on his shoulders an enormously fat parson dressed in gown and bands followed by a dejected-looking farmer. Etching by J. Gillray, 1783.

A man suffering from depressed spirits ("hypochondria"), being tormented by doleful spectres. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.

A despondent winged woman holding a geometrical instrument surrounded by attributes associated with knowledge; representing melancholia. Heliogravure attributed to C. Amand-Durand, 18--, after A. Dürer, 1514.

Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale after C. Cibber, 1680.

David playing his harp for a distraught Saul. Steel engraving by J. Rogers after A. Gros.

De melancholia : dissertatio inauguralis quam ad lauream medicam assequendam / edit Bajetta Carolus Veronensis.

Statues of "raving" and "melancholy" madness, each reclining on one half of a pediment, formerly crowning the gates at Bethlem [Bedlam] Hospital. Engraving in outline by [H.D.], 1816, after T. Stothard, 1783, after C. Cibber, 1680.

Melancholy and culture : essays on the diseases of the soul in Golden Age Spain / by Roger Bartra ; translated from Spanish by Christopher Follett.

Receipt book, early 17th century

Profile of a man displaying a choleric-melancholic temperament. Drawing, c. 1792.

The worlds of Renaissance melancholy : Robert Burton in context / Angus Gowland.