JOHN WALLIS

John Wallis was the son of a well-known London map publisher of the same name. John Senior was joined by his son, Edward (who was thus possibly older than John Junior), and the younger John moved to Sidmouth where he worked as a book and print seller at the Royal Marine Library.

The first map associated with John Wallis was a small map executed by Neele (c.f.) included in the work A Descriptive Sketch of the Beauties of Sidmouth. Although not dated, it appeared ca. 1810, just a year after Wallis had established his library on the beach. A very attractive work by H Haseler and H Cornish, Scenery on the Southern Coast of Devonshire: Comprising Picturesque Views at or near the Fashionable Watering Places, Sidmouth, Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth, Dawlish, Teignmouth, and Torquay, was published by John Wallis about 1819 and included 30 plates. George Rowe‘s Forty-Eight Views of Cottages and Scenery at Sidmouth, Devon, appeared circa 1826 with 48 lithographs.

The map below does not seem to have been published in book form originally and was possibly a so-called broadsheet, i.e. sold separately. It was, however, reissued by J Harvey when it was included to illustrate two books by local people. The first was a guide book of the area by the Rev. T H Mogridge whose A Descriptive Sketch Of Sidmouth appeared only in 1836. A year later the map appeared with minor changes in an autobiography by the well-known local smuggler, John Rattenbury, in his memoirs.


John Rattenbury, Smuggler

This map has also been seen as a folding map in covers but together with a smaller sketch map of the town of Sidmouth which must be at least 30 years later (c.f. Culverwell). After nearly 70 years the map was republished by C Culverwell in later post-1900 editions of An Illustrated Guide to the Town and Neighbourhood of Sidmouth. This was a guide book written by Peter Orlando Hutchinson in the 1850s.


Size: 255 x 435 mm. (1/2 + 10 = 135 mm) SCALE OF MILES.

MAP OF THE COUNTRY ROUND SIDMOUTH to the extent of 20 miles. In frame with imprint: Published August 12th 1822, by JOHN WALLIS, at the ROYAL MARINE LIBRARY, SIDMOUTH. (Aa).

The area covered is from The Ness at Teignmouth (Ae) along the south coast as far as Lyme Regis (Ee) and including Crediton (Aa) and Pitminster (Ea). The map is oriented with the coast horizontal, ie to the northeast. The map is a close copy of part of sheet 10 from the Cary 65-sheet set.

1. 1822 Loose sheet as described, probably sold separately. KB.

2. 1836 Imprint changed: SIDMOUTH: Published and Sold by J HARVEY. 1836. (Aa).

A Descriptive Sketch Of Sidmouth by Rev. T H Mogridge
Sidmouth. J Harvey. (1836), (1838). KB, [NDL], [Sid]; BL[1].

Map Of Sidmouth (folding into covers with map Culverwell 1 on inside cover)
Sidmouth. J Harvey. (1836). DevA.


3. 1837 The map is now titled: MAP OF THE COUNTRY ROUND BEER to the extent of 20 miles. The date is changed to 1837. (Aa). BEER replaces Beer.

Memoirs of a Smuggler Compiled from his Diary and Journal
Sidmouth. J Harvey. 1837. BL, KB, [DevA], [Sid].


4. 1894 Original title with new imprint: Published & Sold by C Culverwell Sidmouth. Map is lithographically reproduced. Railways added (including Sidmouth and Hemyock, 1874 and 1876). The lines are printed red, as are the names of the stations.[2]

An Illustrated Guide to the Town and Neighbourhood of Sidmouth; ... Eighth Edition
Sidmouth. E Culverwell. (1894). BL, DevA.

The map also appeared post-1901:

5. 1903 Title and imprint as above. Railways added (including Exmouth to Budleigh Salterton, 1903). The lines are printed red, as are the names of the stations.[3]

An Illustrated Guide to the Town and Neighbourhood of Sidmouth; ... Ninth Edition
Sidmouth. E Culverwell. (1903 or later). KB.



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NOTES:

[1] The BL copy is BL 01360.p.11, it is not known why they date the copy to 1838 as on page 14 there is a clear reference to the text being written in 1836; their copy of Rattenbury’s memoirs is BL 10827.a.14.
[2] Hardback editions of the Eighth Edition only.
[3] Hardback editions of the Eighth Edition may have included this map.




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