Reynolds' Shilling Coloured Map of London with Visitors Guide, Street Directory, Clue Maps, and Views. - Antique Map from 1876

C1876

Reynolds’ Shilling Coloured Map of London with Visitors Guide, Street Directory, Clue Maps, and Views.

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Reynolds’ Shilling Coloured Map of London, with Visitors’ Guide, Street Directory, Clue Maps and Views, cloth case, guide with pastedown leaf (Public Buildings text with three wood-engraved illustrations, recto; alphabetical street directory, verso), and rear leaf (publisher’s advertisement “Useful Maps … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Reynolds’ Shilling Coloured Map of London with Visitors Guide, Street Directory, Clue Maps, and Views.

Date:

C1876

Mapmaker:

James Reynolds (1817 - 1876)

Condition:

Moderate wear to extremities. Repairs to splits at two fold intersections and a repaired tear at bottom left. Guide leaves complete and clean.

Technique:

Brown publisher brown cloth cover with blocked decorative panel to front board. Map with original hand coloured in outline on plain paper.

Image Size:

150mm

x 105mm

Paper Size:

790mm

x 525mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1876

Description:

Reynolds’ Shilling Coloured Map of London, with Visitors’ Guide, Street Directory, Clue Maps and Views, cloth case, guide with pastedown leaf (Public Buildings text with three wood-engraved illustrations, recto; alphabetical street directory, verso), and rear leaf (publisher’s advertisement “Useful Maps Recently Published,” recto; blank pastedown, verso).Folding hand coloured map, 525 x 790mm unfolded, divided into quarter-mile sections, covering London from Kilburn/Paddington in the north-west to New Cross/Deptford in the south-east and Fulham/West Kensington to the West India Docks.

A small folding street map of London in publisher’s cloth case, sized for a coat pocket, issued with a companion booklet of visitor information; public buildings, galleries, cab fares, and an alphabetical street index cross-referenced to the map’s grid. The title was a long-running Reynolds product, appearing annually from the late 1850s through to the turn of the century, by which point the business had changed hands more than once. This particular issue is dated 1876 on the map itself, the same year James Reynolds died. The map takes in the Thames corridor from Kilburn and Paddington in the north-west down to New Cross and Deptford in the south-east, and from Fulham across to the West India Docks, marking rail and omnibus routes, parks, and postal boundaries.

References:
Hyde, Ralph. Printed Maps of Victorian London 1851–1900. Tring: Tring Local History Museum 1978: 114(10).
Boyle, John R. A Check List of London Maps. London: Goldsmiths' Library, University of London, 1964: 286.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 110335
New York Public Library:

James Reynolds (1817 - 1876)

One of the leading commercial map publishers in Victorian London. Working from premises at 174 Strand, he established a business that specialised in inexpensive, practical maps for travellers, tourists and the rapidly expanding urban population. His publications combined clear engraving, regular revision and affordable prices, helping to popularise printed maps among a broad public rather than the limited audience of government surveyors and wealthy collectors. Reynolds began publishing maps in the 1840s, producing detailed plans of London that were frequently updated to record the city's rapid expansion. His maps incorporated new streets, railways, public buildings and suburban development, making them among the most useful guides to Victorian London. They were commonly issued folded in cloth covers and accompanied by street indexes, visitors' guides and information on omnibus and tram routes. Among his best-known publications is Reynolds' Shilling Coloured Map of London, first issued in the mid-nineteenth century and repeatedly revised into the early twentieth century. Sold for one shilling, it became one of the most successful popular maps of the capital. The map's combination of hand-coloured districts, comprehensive street coverage and practical reference material made it an indispensable companion for residents and visitors alike. Following James Reynolds' death in 1877, the firm continued as James Reynolds & Sons, maintaining the Strand premises and publishing revised editions of its London maps, county maps, railway guides and educational atlases well into the twentieth century. The company's maps remain valued today as detailed records of London's urban development during the Victorian and Edwardian periods

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