Tottel's Miscellany is the common name for a work published in 1557, titled Songes and Sonettes. The name refers to Richard Tottel (died in 1594), an English publisher, who was based in Fleet Street, London, from 1553. He published, among other things, codes of conduct, but was especially well-known by this work mentioned later to him.

Tottel's Miscellany was the first anthem of poetry that appeared in English, introducing new versions of Italy such as the canzone and the sonnet to the English audience. The work included translations of Italian poets, especially Petrarca, and of his English followers and the first published works of famous poets Henry Howard and Thomas Wyatt. The work enjoyed a great popularity and was widely known. William Shakespeare referred to it in his piece The Merry Wives of Windsor. In 1565 a widespread reprint appeared.

Other work published by Richard Tottel includes, among others, Dialogue or Comfort against Tribulacion and Utopia of Thomas More, The Fall of Princes of John Lydgate, and Surrey of the Aeneis of Vergilius.

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