John Bartholomew & Son: List of Publications

1. Atlas Publications

As the firm of Bartholomew did not set up its own printing presses until 1860, any atlas production prior to that date was in the form of engraved copper plates made up in page form and produced to the order of the publisher.

These included:

Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh
Blackie & Son, London, Glasgow, etc.
William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh
Cambridge University Press, London
*Cassell & Company, London & New York
William Collins, Sons & Co, Glasgow
T & A Constable, Edinburgh
A Fullarton & Co., London & Edinburgh
*Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, London
W H Lizars Ltd., London
Macmillan & Co., London
Thomas Nelson & Sons, London & Edinburgh
George Newnes Ltd., London
*Oxford University Press, London
George Philip & Son, London & Liverpool
*The Reader’s Digest Association, London, Sydney etc.
*The Times Publishing Co Ltd., London
John Thomson & Co., Edinburgh
John Walker & Co., London
T Ellwood Zell, Philadelphia

* after 1892

It was not until Thomas Nelson died in 1892 that Bartholomews produced a catalogue listing their many atlases which were then being published by other publishers.

Progressively after this time, atlases were published under the firm’s own imprint. The major publications from both periods are listed below:

Year	Publication
1832	Atlas of Scotland, engraved by W H Lizars and by George Bartholomew (Thomson)
1836	Lizar’s General Atlas of the World, engraved by W H Lizars and by John Bartholomew Snr (Lizars)
1838	Blackwood’s County Atlas of Scotland (Blackwood)
1853	Atlas of Australia with all the gold regions, engraved by S Hall, J Bartholomew and W Hughes (Black)
1856	Black’s General Atlas of the World, and 1860, 1865, 1884 (Black)
1856	Black’s Atlas of North America (Black)
1859	New Atlas of the World (Nelson)
1860	Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography, engraved by G H Swanston and by John Bartholomew Jnr (Fullarton)
1860	Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography (Blackie)
1862	Black’s New Atlas of Scotland (Black)
1862	Philip’s Imperial Library Atlas (Philip)
1871	Descriptive Hand Atlas of the World (Fullarton)
1873	Handy Atlas of the Counties of England (Philip)
1874	Handy General Atlas of the World, 1875 and 1885 (Philip)
1879	Philip’s General Atlas of the World (Philip)
1879	Handy General Atlas of America (Philip)
1880	Baddeley’s Guide to the English Lake District—the first maps to use layer colouring (Dulau & Co., London)
1880	International Atlas & Geography (Collins)
1881	Zell’s Descriptive Hand Atlas of the World (Zell)
1882	Handy Atlas of the Counties of Scotland (Philip)
1886	Pocket Atlas of the World (John Walker); 2nd series of edition to 1901 and 3rd series of editions to 1942 (JB)
1886	Colonial Pocket Atlas (Walker) 3 editions to 1891
1887	Survey Gazetteer of the British Isles (A & C Black); 2nd edition 1904 (George Newnes and JB); 1913—3 editions to 1943 (JB)
1887	Handy Reference Atlas of the World, 9 editions to 1912 (Walker); 1923—7 editions to 1954 (JB)
1887	Pocket Atlas of England, 5 editions to 1897 (Walker)
1887	Pocket Atlas of Scotland, 3 editions to 1893 (Walker)
1887	Pocket Atlas of Ireland (Walker)
1888	Pocket Gazetteer of the World (Walker)
1889	Atlas of Commercial Geography (Cambridge University Press)
1889	Pocket Atlas & Guide to London, 16 editions to 1920 (Walker); 1922—10 editions to 1956 (JB)
1889	Pocket Atlas & Guide to Paris, 3 editions to 1898 (Walker)
1890	Library Reference Atlas of the World (Macmillan)
1890	Royal Atlas & Gazetteer of Australasia (Thos Nelson)
1890	Pocket Atlas of Canada, 2 editions to 1897 (Walker)
1890	Century Atlas & Gazeteer, 12 editions to 1911 (Walker)
1891	Graphic Atlas (Nelson); 1893, 1910 (Walker); 1932—9 editions to 1956 (JB)
1891	Popular Hand Atlas of the World (Nelson)
1891	English Imperial Atlas of the World (Nelson)
1892	Miniature Atlas & Gazeteer (Nelson); 1894 (Walker)
1892	Handy Atlas of England & Wales (Black)
1893	New Hand Atlas of India (Arch Constable)
1893	Atlas Guide to Europe (Philip)
1895	Survey Atlas of Scotland, 2nd edition 1912
1897	Melrose and Abbotsford Pocket Guide, 4 editions to 1924
1898	Citizen’s Atlas (Newnes) and 1901; 1912—8 editions to 1952 (JB)
1899	Atlas of Meteorology
1899	Royal Atlas of England & Wales (Newnes)
1903	Pocket Atlas of the British Isles (Newnes) and 1906; 1918—13 editions to 1958 (JB)
1904	Survey Atlas of England & Wales, 2nd edition 1912
1904	Handy Atlas of the British Empire (Newnes)
1906	Ideal Atlas of the World, 3 editions to 1912 (Walker)
1906	Climatological Atlas of India
1907	Handy Reference Atlas of London (Walker); 1913 to 1917; 1921—10 editions to 1968 (JB)
1907	Atlas of the World’s Commerce (Newnes)
1908	Imperial Gazetteer Atlas of India, and 1931 (Oxford University Press)
1909	Cassell’s Atlas of the World (Cassell)
1911	Atlas of Zoogeography
1914	International Reference Atlas (Newnes)
1915	Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land (Hodder & Stoughton)
1922	Pocket Atlas and Guide to Glasgow (John Smith, Glasgow)
1922	Times Survey Atlas of the World (Times)
1923	Birmingham Pocket Atlas, 9 editions to 1923
1924	Universal Hand Atlas (Nelson)
1927	Manchester Pocket Atlas
1928	Liverpool & Birkenhead Pocket Atlas, and 1949
1934	Newnes Modern World Atlas (Newnes)
1935	The Times Handy Atlas (Times)
1943	Compact Atlas of the World, 4 editions to 1957
1943	Road Atlas of Great Britain, 22 editions to 1970
1948	Regional Atlas of the World
1950	Edinburgh Atlas Guide, 6 editions to 1974
1953	Columbus Atlas of the World
1954	Edinburgh World Atlas, 10 editions to 1975
1955	The Times Atlas of the World (Mid-Century edition), in 5 volumes (Times) pub. 1955-60
1958	Roadmaster Atlas of Great Britain, 5 editions to 1971
1961	Reader’s Digest Great World Atlas, British edition and subsequent special language editions for Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and USA (Reader’s Digest)
1967	The Times Atlas of the World (Comprehensive Edition); 5 editions to 1975 (Times); also German editions 1972, 1974 and 1976
1969	The Times Moon Atlas (Times)
1970	Road Atlas Britain, 7 editions to 1976
1970	Road Atlas Europe, 4 editions to 1974
1972	The Times Concise Atlas of the World; 5 editions to 1975; also Dutch editions 1973 and 1975; and German edition 1976 (Times)
1973	Town Plan Atlas
1973	Motorway Atlas, 2 editions to 1975
1974	The Times Atlas of China (Times)
1974	Atlas of Europe (published jointly with Frederick Warne)

2. Map Publications

As with atlas publications, maps were initially produced for other publishers and A & C Black, who were neighbours in North Bridge, Edinburgh, were the main outlet for Bartholomew productions up to 1884, when John Walker & Co of London and W H Smith (particularly through their railway bookstalls) jointly took over the publication and distribution.

Gradually during the 1890’s the firm published an increasing number of new maps under its own name. The following list is a selection of the more important titles:

Year	Publication
1826	Lothian’s Plan of the Town of Leith. Engraved by George Bartholomew
1826	Directory Plan of Edinburgh. Engraved by John Bartholomew Snr
1834-45	Blackwood’s County Maps for the Second Statistical Account of Scotland
1846	Plan of Edinburgh engraved on steel by John Bartholomew Snr. for W. & H. Lizars
1862	Black’s Large Tourist Map of Scotland in 12 sheets, 4 miles to the inch
1865	Directory Plan of Glasgow, 6 inches to the mile
1866	Black’s New Large Map of England & Wales
1868	Directory Plan of Edinburgh, 6 inches to the mile
1868	London & Environs. 4 miles to the inch. Political (1911 Physical)
1871	Directory Plan of Greenock, 6 inches to the mile
1871	London Plan, 34 inches to the mile (1907 enlarged area in 4 sheets)
1871	Aldershot & Environs, 4 miles to the inch (1881 2 miles to the inch)
1873	General Railway Map of the British Isles
1874	Directory Plan of Dundee, 6 inches to the mile
1875-86	Reduced Ordnance Survey Maps of Scotland in 30 ‘District’ sheets— 2 miles to the inch
1876	Tourist Map of Scotland, 10 miles to the inch. Political (1909 Physical)
1877	Yorkshire, 4 miles to the inch
1877	London Environs, 1 inch to the mile. Physical
1881	Commercial and Library Chart of the World (Philip)
1883	Directory Plan of Paisley, 6 inches to the mile
1888-96	Chambers’ Encyclopaedia Maps (Lippincott of Philadelphia)
1889	Pocket Plan of Edinburgh, 34 inches to the mile
1890	Pocket Plan of Glasgow, 5 inches to the mile
1890	Political Map of Africa, 1:12 mil. (1949—1:10 mil. Physical)
1890	Reduced Ordnance Survey Maps of Scotland—new series in 29 sheets, 2 miles to the inch
1890	Pentland Hills Map, 14 inches to the mile
1891	Reduced Survey Map of India, I :4 mil. (Thacker & Co.)
1891	Touring Map of Central Europe 1:2 mil. Political (1914—Physical)
1891	Map of British South Africa, 1:5.6 mil.
1891	Large Plan of Edinburgh in 12 sheets. 15 inches to the mile. Sheet 8(1885)
1891	Reduced Ordnance Map of the British Isles, 10 miles to the inch (Philip)
1892	Geological Map of Scotland. 10 miles to the inch
1892	Statesman Yearbook Maps (Macmillan)
1893	Naturalist’s Map of Scotland, 10 miles to the inch
1893	Lake District, 3 miles to the inch. Physical (1913 1 inch to the mile made up from 1881 Windermere and 1883 Keswick)
1894	Distillery Map of Scotland (Chas Mackinlay)
1894	Map of South America, 1:12 mil. (1900—1:10 mil.)
1895	Australia—Commercial Map, 1:6 mil.
1896	World Route Chart
1896-04	Quarter-inch Map of Ireland in 7 sheets (1949, rearranged in 5 sheets)
1897	Quarter-inch Map of England & Wales in 12 sheets
1897-03	Half-inch Map of England and Wales in 37 sheets
1898	Geological Map of England & Wales. 10 miles to the inch
1898	South Africa, 1:24 mil. Physical
1900	Quarter-inch Map of Palestine Physical
1901-07	Maps for Murray’s Bathymetrical Survey of Scottish Freshwater Lochs
1905	Europe and the Mediterranean, 1:5 mil. Political
1906	Geological Map of Ireland. 10 miles to the inch
1907	British Isles. Contoured Motoring Map, 1:1 mil.
1907	Botanical Survey of Scotland
1917	India, 1:4 mil. Physical
1922	Australia, South Eastern, 1:24 mil. Physical
1922	Spain and Portugal, 25 miles to the inch, Physical (1969, 1:14 mil, hill shading)
1922	Middle East 1:4 mil. Physical
1922	North America, 1:10 mil. Political (1957 Physical)
1922	Malaya and Indo-China, 1:4 mil. Physical
1923	Pocket Plan of Glasgow, 24 inches to the mile
1923	Japan, 1:3 mil. Physical (1963 1 :24 mil)
1925	England and Wales Touring, 12 miles to the inch. Physical
1926	Germany, Holland and Belgium, 1:1 mil. Physical
1927	Scotland Touring. 12 miles to the inch. Physical
1928	Western Europe, 1:3 mil. Physical
1929	London & Home Counties AA Duplex Throughway Map. (‘To & Through’ series 1971)
1929	(1932 Birmingham; 1956 Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds & Sheffield; 1973 Edinburgh & Glasgow, 1976 Bristol, Cardiff, Swansea, Southampton)
1929	33 Quarter-inch AA Map of Great Britain in 23 sheets
1930	Ireland Touring, 12 miles to the inch. Physical
1933	Pictorial Fisherman’s Maps of Tay, Tweed, Dee and Spey
1933	Eastern Europe, 1:3 mil. Physical
1937	The Royal River, an illustrated map of the Thames
1937	Half-inch Scotland. New lay-out in 25 sheets, renumbered with a view to combining with England & Wales to form one series
1938	Children’s Historical Map of London (1939 England; 1946 Scotland;
1940	United Nations; 1962 Ireland; 1966 Wales; 1969 London)
1941	Scandinavia, 1:3 mil. Physical
1942	Far East and Western Pacific, 1:10 mil. Physical
1942	Burma, Malaya & Indo-China, 1:4 mil. Physical
1942	China & Japan, 1:6 mil. Physical
1942	Iceland, 1:750 000. Physical
1942	Russia in Europe, 1:44 mil. Physical
1955	Half-inch Great Britain Series in 62 sheets, numbering from South to North
1955	RAC Motoring Map of Great Britain in 8 sheets, 6 miles to the inch (1969 renamed Tourmaster Series)
1960	Scotland of Old (Clan Map)
1963	London, Westminster to the City. 9 inches to the mile (renamed London Central Pocket Map)
1963	Central Europe, 1:14 mil. Hill-shading
1963	Eurasia, 1:15 mil. Physical
1964	Asia, South-East, 1:5.8 mil
1967	Early Map Reproductions taken from Blaeu’s Atlas Major
1968	Israel, 1:350 000. Physical
1970	Grand Touring (GT) Series in 10 sheets, 4 miles to the inch
1971	The Mapping of Scotland—facsimile reproductions of early maps to the 19th century, prepared for the IVth International Conference on the History of Cartography, Edinburgh 1971
1972	The Times World Wall Map
1972	Edinburgh City Plan, 1:15000 1973 The World, 1:30 mil. Political
1973	Tourist Route Series of Great Britain in 3 sheets, 9 miles to the inch
1973	The World, 1:30 mil. Political
1974	Motorway Map of the British Isles, 1:14 mil.
1974	West Indies & the Caribbean, 1:34 mil.
1974	Counties, Regions & Districts of the British Isles, 1:14 mil.
1975	National Map Series in 62 sheets, 1:100 000 (based on the half-inch series)
1976	Everyone's London Plan, 1 .15 000