Pleasant quippes for vpstart nevvfangled gentlevvomen.

Abstract

In verse. Illustration on t.p. Signatures: A³, B⁴. 'Pleasant quippes for upstart newfangled gentlewomen' is generally ascribed to Stephen Gosson. The attribution of the authorship to Gosson was first made by John Payne Collier on the basis of an inscription on the title-page of a copy of the 1596 edition claimed by Collier to be in Gosson's own handwriting. The inscription is now considered by some to be a Collier forgery. cf. Gosson, Stephen. Pleasant quippes for upstart newfangled gentlewomen, edited by E.J. Howard, 1942, p. vii -xvi. First published, London, 1595, with two title-pages: (1)Quippes for vpstart newfangled gentle-women; (2) A glasse, to view the pride of vain-glorious women ... Imperfect: print show-through. Reproduction of original in: Dulwich College.