The pleasant and princely history of the gentle-craft
Subtitle: a discourse containing many matters of delight : very pleasant to read : shewing what famous men have been shooe-makers in time past in this land with their worthy deeds and great hospitality : set forth with pictures and variety of wit and mirth : declaring the cause why it was called the gentle-craft and also how the proverb first grew, A shooe-maker's son is a prince born
By: T.D.
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 785:1.
Publisher: Printed for H. Rhodes ...
Published: 1675
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: Shoemakers -- Anecdotes; Shoemakers -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Anecdotes; Early works to 1800.
Other titles: History of the gentle-craft; History of the gentle-craft.
Work titles: Gentle craft
Notes: Added t.p. engraved: The history of the gentle-craft.

Published also under various titles: The gentle craft, Crispine and Crispianus, The princely and pleasant history of the gentle craft.

Written by Thomas Deloney. Cf. Halkett and Laing.

Probable date of publication from Wing.

Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library.

Wing D960

Available electronically as part of Early English books online.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1978. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 785:1)