John Bartholomew 8 - for Charles Pearson
Charles Arthur Pearson produced a number of Gossipy Guides at the beginning of the 20th century. Styled along the lines of the Ward and Lock series of guides they were full of photographic material in a handy pocket size. The two guides relating to Devon were the Guide to Ilfracombe and District (cover title; number 4 in the series) and Guide to South Devon (number 8 in the series). Both British Library volumes have accession dates of 1901.
It is interesting that Pearson took maps from different sources to include in his two Devon guides. The map of South Devon included in the South Devon Guide was a transfer of Bartholomew’s map: however, the map of North Devon is taken from the plates prepared by Ravenstein for George Philip & Son in 1899. The scale reveals that this is a Philip’s map (see Pearson 1).
Bartholomew Imperial Map 8 (Pearson)
Size: 257 x 385 mm. English Miles (8 = 50 mm).
PEARSON’S MAP OF SOUTH DEVON. (CaOS). Imprint: C Arthur Pearson, Limited, London, W C (CeOS) with Copyright (EeOS). Scale (Ee).
Area covered is from Whitesand Bay to Lyme Regis and inland as far as Crediton.
1. 1901 Pearson’s Gossipy Guide to South Devon including Torquay
London. C Arthur Pearson Ltd. (1901). DevA, BL[1].
Bartholomew Imperial Map 1 - See below
Bartholomew Imperial Map 2 - W H Smith´s Exeter and Environs / Plymouth & Dartmoor
Bartholomew Imperial Map 3 - maps published by Houlston & Wright / Houlston & Sons
Bartholomew Imperial Map 4 - maps used by Milligan etc. for guides to Ilfracombe
Bartholomew Imperial Map 5 - hunting maps for Hiorns & Miller
Bartholomew Imperial Map 6 - The Royal Atlas
Bartholomew Imperial Map 7 - Abel Heywood´s guide to Ilfracombe
In addition Bartholomew produced two further maps of South Devon for W H Smith:
[1] BL 10358.cc.61 has green
cover; cover title is Pearson’s Gossipy
Guide to South Devon Torquay Dartmouth Paignton Totnes etc etc. There are five sketch route maps for
cyclists on pages xxxii to xxxvi. Accession date stamp: 29 OC 1901.
Contains 182 pages of which 174-182 (and inside back EP) are book
advertisements and local ads.
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