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Mapmaker:
Edward Stanford (1827 - 1904)
Scarce detailed small sized map of Tasmania by Edward Stanford who was the founder of one of the most prominent geographical publishing houses in the C19th and who took over the stock of The Society for the Diffusion of Useful … Read Full Description
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Scarce detailed small sized map of Tasmania by Edward Stanford who was the founder of one of the most prominent geographical publishing houses in the C19th and who took over the stock of The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Mapmaker:
Edward Stanford (1827-1904)
Apprenticed as a printere and stationer. He founded his business in partnership with Saunders in 1852 as “Suanders & Stanford” but was disolved in 1853. He founded “Stanford’s Geographical Establishment” 1857, employing Suanders and Alexander Keith Johnston to prepare maps. By 1864 he was employing twenty-eight men and thirteen boys. He acquire the John Arrowsmith stock at auction in 1874 and by 1881 his staff had grown to sixty-five men, nineteen boys and three women, with his son Edward Standford II (1856-1917) acting as his assistant. He retired in 1882 and his son took over. The firm still exists.
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