Real life in Ireland, or, The day and night scenes, rovings, rambles, and sprees, bulls, blunders, bodderation and blarney of Brian Boru and his elegant friend Sir Shawn O'Dogherty : exhibiting a real picture of characters, manners, &c. in high and low life in Dublin and various parts of Ireland : embellished with humorous coloured engravings, from original designs by the most eminent artists

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Abbey attributes this to Pierce Egan.
Illustrations by Henry Thomas Alken, William Heath, and (possibly) Charles Williams. Cf. Abbey.
At head of cover title: A sequel to Life in London. Entered at Stationers' Hall. An original work. Each number embellished with a coloured plate. Price 6d.
Also at top of front wrapper: Life in Ireland. To be completed in about twenty-four weekly numbers, Price 6d. or six parts, 2s. each, (and on royal papers, in parts, 3s. each,) illustrated with a series of twenty-four humorous coloured plates, from original designs, by Cruikshanks, Atken, Rowlandson, and other first-rate artists.
Completed in 18 parts. Pagination continuous.
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 201
NSTC, 2E5909
Publisher's advertisements on back wrapper of all 18 pts.
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 282
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. In original parts.