Editing Anthology (section)

==Early anthologies==
[[Palatine Anthology|The Palatine Anthology]], discovered in the [[Bibliotheca Palatina|Palatine Library]], Heidelberg in 1606, is a collection of Greek poems and epigrams that was based on the lost 10th Century Byzantine collection of Constantinus Cephalas, which in turn was based on older anthologies. In The Middle Ages, European collections of ''florilegia'' became popular, bringing together extracts from various Christian and pagan philosophical texts. These evolved into [[Commonplace book|commonplace books]] and [[Miscellany|miscellanies]], including proverbs, quotes, letters, poems and prayers.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Burke |first=Victoria |date=2013 |title=Recent Studies in Commonplace Books. |journal=English Literary Renaissance |volume=43 |issue=1 |page=154 |doi=10.1111/1475-6757.12005 |s2cid=143219877}}</ref>

''[[Tottel's Miscellany|Songes and Sonettes]]'', usually called ''Tottel's Miscellany'', was the first printed anthology of English poetry. It was published by [[Richard Tottel]] in 1557 in London and ran to many editions in the sixteenth century.<ref>'Tottel, Richard', in ''The Dictionary of National Biography''. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900</ref> A widely read series of political anthologies, ''Poems on Affairs of State'', began its publishing run in 1689, finishing in 1707.<ref name=cb>Clare Bucknell. ''The Treasuries: Poetry Anthologies and the Making of British Culture'' (2023)</ref>

In Britain, one of the earliest national poetry anthologies to appear was ''The British Muse'' (1738), compiled by [[William Oldys]]. [[Thomas Percy (bishop of Dromore)|Thomas Percy]]'s influential ''[[Reliques of Ancient English Poetry]]'' (1765), was the first of the great ballad collections, responsible for the ballad revival in English poetry that became a significant part of the Romantic movement. [[William Enfield]]'s ''The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces'' was published in 1774 and was a mainstay of 18th Century schoolrooms. Important nineteenth century anthologies included Palgrave's ''[[Palgrave's Golden Treasury|Golden Treasury]]'' (1861), [[Edward Arber]]'s ''Shakespeare Anthology'' (1899) and the first edition of [[Arthur Quiller-Couch|Arthur Quiller Couch]]'s [[Oxford Book of English Verse]] (1900).<ref name=cb/>