The noble and diverting history of the gentle-craft : Shewing what famous men have been shoe-makers in former ages, with their worthy deeds and great hospitality. Also an account of St. Hugh's Bones, (why it is call'd the gentle craft) and why a shoe-maker's son is said to be a prince born. The whole book being intermix'd with variety of stories, extreamly pleasant and entertaining; with a set of pictures intirely new.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shoemakers--Humor--Early works to 1800.

Shoemakers.

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages, 146 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 12⁰

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed for A. Bettesworth, and C. Hitch, at the Red-Lyon in Pater-noster-Row; R. Ware, at the Sun and Bible in Amen-Corner; and J. Hodges, at the looking-glass on London-Bridge, 1737.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Anonymous. By Thomas Deloney

Remainder of title: "... The whole book being intermix'd with variety of stories, extreamly pleasant and entertaining; with a set of pictures intirely new. ..."

T.p. is p. [5], being preceded by two ill. 'frontispiece' pages (p. [2] and [3]) and two pages of advertisements (p. [1] and [4]); advertisements also on p. [6] and the last page

Four-line English rhyme and one-line Latin quotation on t.p.

Signatures: A-G¹²

First published in 1637 as 'Gentle craft'

"The contents." (p. [147-151])

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T300647.

Access Restriction:

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