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The tenth muse lately sprung up in America. Or Severall Poems, compiled with great variety of vvit and Learning, full of delight. : Wherein especially is contained a compleat discourse and description of the four elements, constitutions, ag

[16], 207, [1] pages ; 14 cm (8vo) · The words "elements, .. seasons of the year" and "Assyrian, .. Roman." are bracketed together on title page · The author is identified as Anne Bradstreet on page [15], 1st count · "The epistle dedicatory", pages 1-2, 2nd count, signed: Anne Bradstreet · Edited by John Woodbridge, who writes "To my deare sister, the author of thee poems" on pages [8-10], 1st count · Prefatory material also contains a dedicatory poem by Nathaniel Ward · Signatures: A⁸ (A1 blank, A2 verso blank) B-O⁸ (O8 verso blank) · Errors in paging: p. 70-71, 74-75, 76, 78-79, and 168 misnumbered 80-81, 84-85, 67, 88-89, and 198; pages 170 and 171 are numbered on the inner instead of the outer margin · Title printed within ornamental woodcut border; head pieces; initials · (From text) The foure elements -- Of the foure humours in mans constitution -- The four ages of man -- The four seasons of the yeare -- The foure monarchies, the Assyrian being the first, beginning under Nimrod, 131. years after the flood -- The second monarcy, being the Persian, begun under Cyrus, Darius (being his vncle, and hs father in law) reigning with him for about two years -- The third monarchy was t

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