A quip for an vpstart courtier, or, A quaint dispute betweene velvet-breeches and cloth-breeches :
wherein is plainely set downe the disorders in all estates and trades /
by Robert Greene.
Description
- Related Names
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F. T., active 1577.
Fairfax of Cameron, Albert Fairfax, Baron, 1870-1939, former owner.
Baker, Ernest E., former owner.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
Purslowe, Elizabeth, active 1633-1646, printer.
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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London : Printed by E. Purslow, dwelling at the east end of Christs-Church, 1635.
- Note
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Acquisition made accessible thanks to the generous support of the Frederick J. and Margret L. Worden Endowment.
Acquired through the Janet L. Weston Library Endowment Fund.
Binding: 18th-century gilt-ruled calf; rebacked; red leather label on spine has title: Greene's Quip.
Margins closely trimmed, with slight loss of text; leaf A3 bound after leaf A4, and, as noted above, leaf A1 (blank) bound after leaf A2 (title leaf).
Two printed bookseller's descriptions affixed to rear paste-down; bibliographical note in ms. on first front fly-leaf recto: "With A1 blank bound after the title".
Armorial bookplate (with motto: Consilio et prudentia) of "Ernest E. Baker, F.S.A." on front paste-down ; illustrated bookplate of "Robert S. Pirie" on first front fly-leaf recto ; armorial bookplate (with motto: Fare fac) of "Fairfax of Cameron" on rear paste-down.
Woodcut title vignette; head-pieces; initials.
First leaf (A1) is blank.
Signatures: A-G⁴.
In this edition E1r has catchword "without" and line 2 has "knave, "--STC.
Based largely on: The debate betweene pride and lowlines.
Contains an attack on Gabriel Harvey and his brothers.
- Physical Description
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[56] p. ;
18 cm (4to)
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