Real life in London; or, The rambles and adventures of Bob Tallyho, esq., and his cousin, the Hon. Tom. Dashall, through the metropolis; exhibiting a living picture of fashionable characters, manners, and amusements in high and low life. / By an amateur. Embellished and illustrated with a series of coloured prints, designed and engraved by Messrs. Alken, Dighton, Rowlandson, &c. ...

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Egan, Pierce, 1772-1849.

Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851.

Heath, William, 1795-1840.

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

London (England)--Social life and customs.

London (England).

Penn Provenance:

McLean, William L., Jr. (bookplate)

McLean, William L., Mrs. (donor)

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

London : For Jones & co., 1821-22.

Notes:

Added title-pages illus. in colors.

Vol. 2 "designed and engraved by Messrs. Heath, Alken, Dighton, Rowlandson, &c."

Ascribed to Pierce Egan, author of "Life in London, 1821-22"; but according to the Camb. hist. of Eng. literature it "is a pleasanter book than its prototype ... the author had a purer style, a cleaner mind and a wider knowledge of London than Egan." cf. vol. XIV, p. 248.

"Originally published in 14 parts in pink pictorial wrappers, afterwards in pictorial boards ... Some copies on large paper."--J. H. Slater, Illustrated sporting books, 1899, p. 96.

Two plates: v. 1, p. 142; v. 2, p. 406 not listed in Directions to the Binder.

Cited in:

English novel, 1770-1829, 1821:33

Block, A. Engl. novel (1961 ed.), p. 66

Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.) V, p.23

OCLC:

2820496