The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh; The Irish Sketch Book and Notes Of A Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray with Illustrations by the Author, RARE LIBRARY EDITION: No Copyright Date but there is an "Advertisement To The First Edition" dated July 1, 1840.
In the early 1840s Thackeray had some success with two travel books, The Paris Sketch Book and The Irish Sketch Book, the latter marked by its hostility towards Irish Catholics. However, as the book appealed to anti-Irish sentiment in Britain at the time, Thackeray was given the job of being Punch's Irish expert, often under the pseudonym Hibernis Hibernior. Thackeray became responsible for creating Punch's notoriously hostile and negative depictions of the Irish during the Great Irish Famine of 1845 to 1851.
PHOTOS ARE OF THIS RARE COPY OF THE BOOK