Benjamin Rees Davies first drew this map for the Weekly Dispatch newspaper as part of a series published between 1857 and 1863. The maps were then re-issued in a complete work as The Dispatch Atlas in 1863, before the plates were acquired by the firm of Cassell, Petter and Galpin. They re-issued them as Cassell's Complete Atlas in 1863 and again in 1865, with the addition of statistical information, in Cassell's British Atlas, and in Cassell's Topographical Guides to individual counties. Old folds to this example suggest it is from the guide to Surrey. All editions of the maps were by lithographic transfer. Repaired tear impinging c5.5cms inside the right-hand border, and other minor repairs to marginal nicks not impinging the printed area.
London - Wapping, Rotherhithe, Deptford and part of the Isle of Dogs. This large scale (9 inches to the mile) map of London was engraved by Edward Weller on 9 double page map sheets. It was one of a series of maps first published in the Weekly Dispach newspaper between 1856 and 1862, and subsequently in the Weekly Dispatch Atlas of 1863.The plates to this atlas were then acquired by Cassell who republished and sold the maps singly and in atlas format from 1863. This is sheet 9 which covers part of Wapping, the west side of the Isle of Dogs, and Rotherhithe, Deptford and the Surrey docks. Modern colour.
London - Hackney, Dalston, Clapton. This large scale (9 inches to the mile) map of London was engraved by Edward Weller on 9 double page map sheets. It was one of a series of maps first published in the Weekly Dispatch newspaper between 1856 and 1862, and subsequently in the Weekly Dispach Atlas of 1863. The plates to this atlas were then acquired by Cassell who republished and sold the maps singly and in atlas format from 1863. This is sheet 7 which covers Hackney, Dalston and Clapton. Modern colour.
J. Cassell Published singly and in various Cassell atlases c1863-65
Manchester. The Weekly Dispatch newspaper first published a set of maps between 1856 and 1862 which included this map of Manchester as well as others of major cities. The maps were also included in the Weekly Dispatch Atlas of 1863, before the plates were purchased by Cassell in the same year. Cassell continued publication from 1863, selling the maps under their own imprint both singly and in atlas format (e.g. Cassell's Complete Atlas of 1863 and Cassell's British Atlas of 1865). The map title is cropped above the top border, and there is a faint water stain to the left hand side of the map.
J. Cassell Published singly and in various Cassell atlases c1863-5
Birmingham. The Weekly Dispatch newspaper first published a set of maps between 1856 and 1862 which included this map of Birmingham as well as others of major cities. The maps were also included in the Weekly Dispatch Atlas of 1863, before the plates were purchased by Cassell in the same year. Cassell continued publication from 1863, selling the maps singly and in atlas format under their own imprint. Hand coloured.