Real Life in London; or, The Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and His Cousin The Hon. Tom. Dashall, Through The Metroplois; Exhibiting a Living Picture of Fashionable Characters, Manners, and Amusements in High and Low Life. By An Amateur.

EGAN Pierce.

Published by London: Printed for Jones & Co. Oxford Arms Passage, Paternoster-Row, 1821

About this Item

First edition, first issue. Two volumes, published 1821-2, octavo (21.5 x 14cm). 'Real Lfe in London both as regards the text and the plates is an imitation of Egan's Life in London. Though not the equal of the latter it has considerable merit, serves as a foil to its illustrious contemporary and is an interesting and useful guide to the social history of the period.'- Tooley. Vol. I, pp. x,3-656; Vol. II, pp. [2],ix,[1],3-668. With two frontispieces, two additional illustrated titles, and 28 plates, all coloured aquatints designed and engraved by Alken, Deighton, Rowlandson &c., as noted on the title. Without the two additional plates (St. George's Day and Charley Napping) which are occasionally present though not called for in the plate lists, Tooley noting 'the work is complete without them'. Two plates with minor surface adhesion (presumably from original wrappers) on lower inner margin, no loss. A few occasional minor marks. Later 19th C. full crushed red morocco, gilt, aeg, decorative dentelles, marbled endpapers, lighty rubbed. Vg. [Abbey Life 280; Tooley 198; Prideaux 335; Hardie 198; Falk 221].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Real Life in London; or, The Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and His Cousin The Hon. Tom. Dashall, Through The Metroplois; Exhibiting a Living Picture of Fashionable Characters, Manners, and Amusements in High and Low Life. By An Amateur.
• Publisher: London: Printed for Jones & Co. Oxford Arms Passage, Paternoster-Row
• Publication Date: 1821