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
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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London :
Printed and sold by J. Hollis, Shoemaker-Row, Black-Friars: also sold by the booksellers in town and country,
[1800?]
London : [1800?] |
Series: | Eighteenth century collections online Part 2: New editions.
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