A & C Black 7 - Railways 

Black's Picturesque Guide first appeared in 1843 and, like all other A & C Black guide books, was republished regularly. The first edition contained a map of England and Wales; by 1845 there were 10 maps, by 1848 there were 14 and by 1855 a total of 25 maps were being issued. The first editions were not numbered, but by 1855 adverts within the volume were advertising the 3rd edition. The editions from 1878 had 54 maps when the title was also changed. The map below has the signatures of Schenck and M’Farlane but these were soon removed and the signature of John Bartholomew is found on most maps used by the Blacks.

Friedrich Schenck was born in Offenbach, Germany, in 1811 (full name Emil Ernst Friedrich Theodor Schenck) and died in Edinburgh in 1885. He trained as lithographer and artist in Munich and Paris. In 1840 he moved to Edinburgh at the invitation of Samuel Leith and proceeded to give talks on lithography to the R.S.S.A. (he was later awarded their gold medal) and wrote the article on lithography for the 8th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. At the time that the first Black’s guides of Devon appeared he was working with William Husband M’Farlane but the partnership was dissolved in 1859, which explains the change in signature of several of the maps described below. Although Macfarlane[1] continued as Schenck and M’Farlane, Schenck had set up again as Friedrich Schenck. His son, Frederick, was taken into partnership, but the partnership only lasted 1866-1868. Friedrich Schenck retired in 1875[2].

In 1895 a new set of small area maps was introduced to supplement the existing set by Bartholomew; these were prepared by Walker & Boutall (c.f.).

 For the maps of Devon used by A & C Black use the following links to The Victorian Maps of Devon:

Entry 130: Devon and Cornwall in Black´s Tourist Guide 1855-1859 (Schenck & McFarlane) - click here

Entry 142: Devon and Cornwall in Black´s Tourist Guide from 1862 (Bartholomew) - click here

Entry 153: Devon in Black´s Handy Atlas and other works from 1877 (Bartholomew) - click here

Entry 156: Devon (key map) in Black´s Tourist Guide from 1882 (Bartholomew) - click here 

A total of 6 maps showing parts of Devon were used in Black's Picturesque Guide to Devonshire and Cornwall (including maps on one sheet as one map): 

Black 1: General map showing the railway systems - see below
Black 2: Map of Torquay - click here
Black 3: General maps showing the River Tamar and of Dartmoor - click here
Black 4: General map of Plymouth, Devonport & Stonehouse - click here
Black 5: Map of Exeter - click here
Black 6: Map of Ilfracombe - click here

Black 1

Size: 200 x 145 mm.                                                                                                      No scale.                                                                                                                     

GREAT-WESTERN & SOUTH-DEVON RAILWAYS. BRISTOL TO EXETER & PLYMOUTH (CaOS). Signatures: Schenck & McFarlane Edinr. (AeOS) and Drawn & Engd by J Bartholomew Edinr (CeOS) with imprint below: Published by Adam & Charles Black, 6, North Bridge, Edinburgh. Railways shown to date, eg to Plymouth and line to Tiverton. Illustrated. 

1. 1855    

Black's Tourist's Guide to Devonshire & Cornwall including the Scilly Islands 

Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black. 1855 (1856), 1855 (1858), 1855 (1859). BL[3], KB; (P); KB. 


2. 1861    Signature changed:  Printed by W H Macfarlane Edinr. (AeOS) 


Black's Picturesque Tourist And Road And Railway Guide Book ... (Third Edition) [4]

Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black. 1860 (1861).       KB. 


3. 1872    Printer's signature deleted. Railways added: L&SWR to Exeter from Honiton with branch line to Exmouth. GWR routes to Ashburton and Kingsbridge (although not built until 1893) and the Dartmoor railway line (all right hand map) and three new routes near Taunton (e.g. Barnstaple and Minehead (left hand portion).

 

Black's Guide to England and Wales ... Tenth Edition

Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black. 1872.       KB. 


4. 1881   Railways added: Line towards Hemyock (right hand map) and one further routes SE of Bristol in Somerset (left hand portion).

 

Black's Guide to England and Wales ... Twelfth Edition

Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black. 1881.          KB.


[1] The printer used both spellings: Macfarlane and McFarlane.

[2] Taken from the Scottish Book Trade Index (SBTI) online.

[3] The BL copy is hardback, the author´s is in publisher´s original printed paper covers. Both have an advertising section for 1856 and several adverts are dated 1856. The 1858/1859 copies have adverts dated for those years. No 1855 copy has been found and there may not actually be one.

[4] Other editions are known for 1843 (1845), 1848, 1850, 1851, 1854 and 1857.

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