The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America
The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung up in America
By: Anne Bradstreet
- Collection ID
- PBK.003196
- Type
- Printed Book
- Date
- 1650
- Geography
- England
- Language
- English
- Medium
- Printed on Paper
- Dimensions
- 5.4 × 3.1 × .8 in. (13.7 × 8.7 × 2.1 cm)
- Exhibit Location
- Not on View
Anne Bradstreet is regarded today as America’s first poet. Bradstreet was born in England and came to Massachusetts in 1630, when she was eighteen years old. Her puritan father, Thomas Dudley, a leading figure in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, had encouraged her education as a child. Her poetry consequently drew from her knowledge of a broad range of subjects, from the Bible and theology, to anatomy and astronomy. She wrote primarily for herself and her circle of friends and family. In 1650, however, her brother-in-law published a collection of her poems, supposedly without her knowledge, as The Tenth Muse. This work brought Bradstreet fame on both sides of the Atlantic, making her the first English woman in the British colonies to publish a book of poetry. This copy is a first edition.
Anne Bradstreet is regarded today as America’s first poet. Bradstreet was born in England and came to Massachusetts in 1630, when she was eighteen years old. Her puritan father, Thomas Dudley, a leading figure in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, had encouraged her education as a child. Her poetry consequently drew from her knowledge of a broad range of subjects, from the Bible and theology, to anatomy and astronomy. She wrote primarily for herself and her circle of friends and family. In 1650, however, her brother-in-law published a collection of her poems, supposedly without her knowledge, as The Tenth Muse. This work brought Bradstreet fame on both sides of the Atlantic, making her the first English woman in the British colonies to publish a book of poetry. This copy is a first edition.
Printed in 1650 for Stephen Bowtell, London, England. Acquired by 1995 by Bernard Quaritch, London, England.[1] Acquired by 1996 by William Reese Company, New Haven, Connecticut; Purchased by 2000 by Ted Steinbock, private collector, Louisville, Kentucky; Privately purchased in 2020 by Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
Notes: [1] A catalogue slip inserted into the book notes a sale through Quaritch, “Quaritch 10/95.” More information is not available at this time.
Printed in 1650 for Stephen Bowtell, London, England. Acquired by 1995 by Bernard Quaritch, London, England.[1] Acquired by 1996 by William Reese Company, New Haven, Connecticut; Purchased by 2000 by Ted Steinbock, private collector, Louisville, Kentucky; Privately purchased in 2020 by Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
Notes: [1] A catalogue slip inserted into the book notes a sale through Quaritch, “Quaritch 10/95.” More information is not available at this time.
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