WILLIAM WOOD

Wood 4


Size: 260 x 290 mm. SCALE (10+30 = 40 mm) Chains.

MAP OF EXETER Corrected to the present time (Ca). Attractive coat of arms – SEMPER FIDEL flanked by armour and two horses (Ea). Signature: PALMER & STONE, EXETER. (inside map, Ae). Bristol and Exeter Railway (only): St David’s station not named. Area extends from Primrose and Culverton Cottages (Da) to Alphington Gate in south (Be) and eastwards as far as Workhouse Lane. Illustrated.

1. 1857 The Hand-Book To South Devon, Dartmoor, &c. Third Edition
Devonport. W Wood. (1857). DevA, KB.

2. 1857 The map has been considerably improved. It is larger; now measures 260 x 325 mm and the extra space has been used to include 10 vignette views of the city and surroundings. Imprint replaced by: ENGRAVED FOR THE HANDBOOK TO EXETER, PUBLISHED BY PALMER & STONE, WATERBEER STREET EXETER. (outside border, CeOS).

The Hand-Book To Exeter
Exeter. Palmer & Stone. (1857[1]). DevA, KB.


3. 1863 Imprint: ENGRAVED FOR THE HANDBOOK TO EXETER, BY G G PALMER, WATERBEER STREET EXETER. (CeOS). The crest and one vignette have been swapped (crest now Ba). Agricultural Exhibition added (Dd). L&SWR added.

The Hand-Book To Exeter ... Third Edition ...
Exeter. Geo G Palmer. (1863). DevA.

4. 1876 Imprint: THE DEVON & SOMERSET STEAM PRINTING Co. LIMITED, WATERBEER STREET, EXETER. Note (AeOS): ENTD AT STATIONER’S HALL. L&SW Railway added and St David’s station now named. Militia Barracks added (Ae) as well as other buildings, eg just south of reservoirs and on east side of Workhouse Lane. Agricultural Exhibition deleted.

The Hand-Book To Exeter
(Devonport). (W Wood). (1876[2]). (P).

5. 1877 Imprint: ENGRAVED & PRINTED BY E S & A ROBINSON & Co., BRISTOL, FOR THE HANDBOOK TO EXETER.

The Hand-Book To Exeter
(Devonport). (W Wood). (1877[3]). DevA, KB.

6. 1881 Imprint deleted leaving only note: ENTD AT STATIONER’S HALL. City crest has been changed: is now much simpler and shield vertical. Changes to buildings include replacement of City Prison with Rougemont Hotel and more houses opposite Bury Meadows.

The Hand-Book To Exeter- New Edition
(Devonport). (W Wood). (1881[4]). KB.

         

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NOTES:     

[1] Last date in text is 1855 (list on p.41) but post-dates the South Devon guide which is later than November 1856.

[2] Manuscript date 1876 on cover.

[3] Last date in text is 1877 (on page 26) although population figures for 1861 are given. Although the volume has printed covers and a title page there is no publisher’s imprint. The back cover has adverts for Wood’s Handbooks of South Devon and for Cornwall; the inside endpaper for another work by Wood.

[4] Last date in text is 1881 (population figure of Exeter as 47,154 on page 9). This volume has printed covers but no title page. There is no publisher’s imprint. The back cover has adverts for a New Edition of Wood’s Hand-Book of South Devon and Dartmoor just published; the inside advert section has numerous adverts for other works published by Wood.



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