Democritus Junior
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Not the least interesting part of the Anatomy is the long preface, "Democritus to the Reader," in which Burton sets out his reasons for writing the treatise and for assuming the name of Democritus Junior.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
In 1621 was issued at Oxford the first edition, a quarto, of The Anatomy of Melancholy ... by Democritus Junior.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
Democritus Junior, a pseudonym under which Burton published his "Anatomy of Melancholy."
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
I, Democritus Junior, have put my finishing pen to a tractate De Melancholia, this day, December 5, 1620.
From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Lamb, Charles
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