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The alomode dress, or, The maidens mode admir'd and continued by the Ape, Owl, and Mistris Puss

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Date
[1687]
Location
London,  England
Great Britain
Media format
Printed text
Extent
1 sheet ([1] p.)

Language
English
Size
24 x 31 cm
Genre
Promotional materials
Literary
Art
Humor
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Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 352836
Folger call number: A40.6
Folger holdings ID: 501373
Accession Number: 224332
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
Notes
Bibliographic format

full sheet

General notes

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 Also available as a digital reproduction

Item information about Folger A40.6

Unbound; trimmed edges

Also known as
Alternate titles: Now, now you females of this age, Maidens mode admir'd and continued by the Ape, Owl, and Mistris Puss
Subjects
Clothing and dress Pride and vanity Clothing & dress Animals in human situations Mirrors

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