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LEADER: 01539cam 2200241 a 4500
008 061201s1831 ie a g b 000 0 eng d
035 $aa6031234
040 $aCSmyS$beng$cCSmyS
050 4 $aBX5450$b.B7 1831
100 1 $aBrowne, Thomas,$dfl. 1831.
245 04 $aThe parson's horn-book.
260 $aDublin :$bPrinted and sold at the office of the Comet,$c1831.
300 $a136 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
500 $asmcnc1758.
500 $aFirst of two parts.
500 $aSatirical pieces, in prose and verse, on the Established church in Ireland. Most of the pieces are by Thomas Browne, who also edited the work, some contributions are probably by John Sheehan. -- Cf. O'Donoghue, D.J., The poets of Ireland, 1912, p. 44, 422 ; Temple Bar, v. 24, 1868, p. 70-72 ; Dublin. Corporation. Catalogue of the ... library of the late Sir John T. Gilbert, 1918, p. 631 ; Halkett & Laing.
500 $aIllustrated by Samule Lover ; authorship of the work has also been attributed to Lover. -- Cf. McKenna, B., Irish literature, 1978, p. 236 ; Temple Bar ; DNB, v. 34, p. 177; v. 52, p. 7, BM. (This work is referred to as the "Irish horn-book" in the Temple Bar article and DNB v. 34; apparently "The parson's horn-book" is meant, cf. McKenna, DNB v. 52.)
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
610 20 $aChurch of Ireland$vControversial literature.
610 20 $aChurch of Ireland$vCaricatures and cartoons.
700 1 $aLover, Samuel,$d1797-1868.
596 $a45
926 $aE_RESOURCE$bONLINE$cOnline resource SMC$dE_RESOURCE$f1