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Crispine and crispianus, or, The delightful and princely history of the gentle-craft : containing many matters of great delight, very pleasant to read; shewing what famous men have been shoemakers in old times, with their worthy deeds and generous humours: also demonstrating why it was called the gentle-craft; and how the proverb first came, that a shoemaker's son is a prince born. Concluding with the shoemakers glory: being a merry song in the praise of shoemakers; to be sung by them every year on the twenty-fifth of October, being St. Crispine. Adorned with suitable pictures.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.
- Standardized Title:
- Gentle craft. Abridgments
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--18th century.
- English poetry.
- Genre:
- Poems.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (72 p. ) ill.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed and sold by J. Hollis, Shoemaker-Row, Black-Friars: also sold by the booksellers in town and country, [1800?]
- Notes:
- A version of stories in Thomas Deloney's 'Gentle craft', first published in 1637.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T195928.
- OCLC:
- 509592340
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