Irish Varieties. Or Sketches of History and Character from Ancient and Modern Sources and original Documents containing anecdotes of Irish and English Celebrities with Songs and Poems, Humourous, Satirical and Descriptive to which is Added an Account of the Revels of the Past Merry Monarchs of the Kingdom of Dalkey. Dublin: Traynor, 1878. Third Edition, with additions from the writings of William Drennan. Pp xvii, 446. Publisher’s green paper boards, shamrock motif embossed in black & gilt to upper cover & spine. Light shelf wear to covers, foxing to endpapers, contents pages in good condition. Presentation Inscription pasted to front free endpaper.

Illustrated with four chromo-lithographs, with Kelly’s Map of the Environs of Dublin and part of Wicklow folded at rear.

Concentrating mainly on Co. Dublin (Dalkey, Kingstown and Wicklow), the lithographs are of Dalkey Island and Sorrento; Kingstown; Killiney Bay and Hill; Bray Head.