Select Bibliography

This section is split into three chapters:

1. Reference Books Used in Preparation of this Cartobibliography

2. Books on Aspects of Mapping in Devonshire

3. Early Guide Books Concentrating on Devon

If you are aware of any oher books which should be included under one of these headings, please let us know.

1. Reference Books Used in Preparation of this Cartobibliography

Books used in research for this cartobibliography

* This book, by Laurence Worms and Ashley Baynton-Williams, was published nearly twelve years after Victorian Maps of Devon first appeared but is currently the best source of information on British map engravers to 1850 (although many continued to work after that period). It is hoped to bring the text sections up to date using their findings.

Tony Burgess was the first to post a cartobibliography of English County Maps on the web: Old Maps of Kent can be accessed via http://www.oldkentmaps.co.uk/

In addition to the work quoted above, David Smith has done a lot of research into the major printers, publishers and engravers of the nineteenth century and much has been published in magazines and journals. The following is a brief list of his publications concerning figures mentioned in this cartobibliography:

The IMCoS Journal is the official publication of the International Map Collectors’ Society. This appears four times a year and is recommended for people who love early (and not so early) maps. http://www.imcos.org/

2. Books on Aspects of Mapping in Devonshire

Devon is one of the best researched counties in England and Wales in terms of its mapping and over the past 15 years a large number of important books have been published detailing some of the thousands of maps representing parts of the county. The following is a useful resource list of books including aspects of Devon mapping. If you are aware of any further works which would be useful to those researching Devon's history through maps and charts, please let us know.  

* Please note; the authors have a few hard copies of these volumes for sale. Please contact me if you are interested. The Victorian Maps of Devon is still available; price 15 pounds sterling which includes free P&P to UK addresses.

# The Printed Maps of Exeter is available from the Devon Heritage Centre in Exeter; price 12 pounds sterling including free P&P to UK addresses.

In addition Devon County Council maintain a superb internet site with many wonderful articles produced by the Exeter Westcountry Studies Library. For a short overview of mapping go to their home site at www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies and click Devon Maps on the Find Out More section. In the 1990s and early 2000s a lot of work and research was put into Exeter Working Papers covering all aspects of the book and print trade. For the index to go tohttp://bookhistory.blogspot.com/2005/12/index.html.

There is also a very good site devoted to Exeter, produced and maintained by David Cornforth at www.exetermemories.co.uk.

3. Early Guide Books Concentrating on Devon

For those interested in early travel books (besides those containing maps), the following may be of interest[1].

[1] With acknowledgement to the GenUKi website which has a very good listing of works worth reading: http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DescriptionAndTravel.html .