Featured Reference Books

Jonathan Potter Limited held its first “Exclusive Evening Event” here at the gallery Thursday September 20th and was pleased to confirm the evening’s theme as Britain in Maps.

We were delighted to be able to welcome Rodney Shirley, whose many publications have enriched cartographic knowledge and who was the founder president of the International Map Collectors’ Society (IMCoS), as our guest speaker for this first event. He delivered a short talk on the theme of Britain in Maps. Guests were then be invited to preview Jonathan Potter Limited’s exhibition of items for sale including maps of the British Isles and British Road Atlases.

We are highlighting books by Rodney Shirley and Francis Bennett that emphasise the development of mapping in the British Isles with particular attention paid to roads.

Shirley, Rodney W.
Early Printed Maps Of The British Isles 1477-1650 [the Completely Revised And Updated Edition]
Revised edition, 1991, New
Publisher: Antique Atlas Publications 0 9514914 2 3
4to, cloth bound with dust jacket. 159 illustrations. First published in 1973 and revised in 1980, this completely revised and reset edition was published in 1991. This book is the quintessential reference guide to the subject, listing maps chronologically and providing much cartobibliographic detail. Now out-of-print, copies are difficult to acquire and we are very pleased to be able to offer examples of the book in its most up-to-date form. Mr Shirley will be able to sign copies of the book for those purchasing at our September 20th Event. £75.00
Ref Book: 342

Bennett, Francis
Road-books, Road-maps & Itineraries Of Great Britain 1535 To 1850 A Catalogue Annotated For Devon And Cornwall
1st edition, 2007, New
Publisher: Short Run Press Ltd
"An especial catalogue annotated throughout to show those works relevant to Devon and Cornwall and thus to be a companion volume to the Historical Journey along "The Roads of Devon & Cornwall". pp.145 with black and white images. £14.00
Ref Book: 1062

Bennett, Francis
The Roads Of Devon And Cornwall
1st edition, 2007, New
Publisher: Short Run Press Ltd
"An historical journey along the tracks and roads of the West Country with the directions and road books of the guide, the maps of the surveyor and the itineraries of the travellers". Black and white images throughout. £14.00
Ref Book: 1063