The alomode dress, or, The maidens mode admir'd and continued by the Ape, Owl, and Mistris Puss.
1687
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Title
The alomode dress, or, The maidens mode admir'd and continued by the Ape, Owl, and Mistris Puss.
Created/published
[London?] : [s.n.], [1687]
Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 24 x 31 cm (full-sheet)
Summary
Three large and two small animals in headdresses and capes ("top knots and night rails"), two holding mirrors, with verse in three columns below and a stanza above each of the large figures.
Note
A satire on contemporary female fashions.
In verse. First line: Now, now you females of this age
Title from caption at head.
Publication date from Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed., 1994), page 4.
Wholly engraved. Plate mark 21.9 x 27.4 cm.
In verse. First line: Now, now you females of this age
Title from caption at head.
Publication date from Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed., 1994), page 4.
Wholly engraved. Plate mark 21.9 x 27.4 cm.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library A40.6
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
A40.6 (flat)
Folger-specific note
Unbound; trimmed edges.
Folger accession
224332