The noble and diverting history of the gentle-craft [electronic resource] : 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.

The noble and diverting history of the gentle-craft [electronic resource] : 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.

[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.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

English

[16], 146, [6] p. : ill. ; 12⁰

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-G¹
First published in 1637 as 'Gentle craft'
"The contents." (p. [147-151])
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

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English Short Title Catalog, T300647.

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

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