Reuben Ramble's Travels in the Western Counties of England
Published by Darton and Clark. 1843, London
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Clive A. Burden Ltd., Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks, United KingdomClive A. Burden Ltd.
AbeBooks seller since March 1, 2024
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 885.73
Quantity: 1 available
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Quarto (210 x 170 mm.), one part (of five), with contemporary paper wrappers, with ornate printed title to upper wrapper with map vignette and advert to the lower one. With 8 early wash coloured lithographic plates, 2 pasted to insides of the covers. With modern quarter calf slipcase with marbled paper boards, title affixed and silk ties. Reuben Ramble designed this atlas for children and it is now highly desired. The maps were originally published as a set of exceedingly rare card maps of the counties by Thomas Crabb. They were then issued by Robert Miller as the 'New Miniature Atlas' of 1821. Here Ramble surrounds the wide margins of the maps with a series of ornate vignettes. Ramble (1810-75), whose name is a pseudonym for the Reverend Samuel Clark, left his father's business in 1836 and went to London. He soon became a partner to William Darton. He went on to write geography books for children and later in life became the Rector of Eaton-Bishop. The reference works normally place a date of c.1845 on this work however we have owned an example of the atlas bearing the ownership inscription dated 1844. Here we push the publishing date even further back as the ownership inscription is dated 1843. Provenance: original owner's manuscript inscription 'Harry Woodward Beckwith December 14th 1843'. Carroll 74B; Chubb 517.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Reuben Ramble's Travels in the Western Counties of England
- Author
- RAMBLE, Reuben
- Publisher
- Darton and Clark. 1843, London
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- No binding
- Seller catalogs
- British County Atlas, British County Atlases
Clive A. Burden Ltd.
Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks, United Kingdom
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Founded by the late Clive A. Burden in 1966, the company is one of the longest established dealers in antique maps, atlases, books and rare decorative prints. All items offered are fine original examples. Areas of particular focus are the British Isles and North America. Our stock dates from incunabula (pre-1500) to the late 1800s. We also carry decorative prints including botanical, bird, other natural history, architecture, in addition to Vanity Fair caricatures. Books include atlases, illustrated, and colour plate works. Philip D. Burden joined his father in the business in 1979. His interests included the British Isles and North America. He wrote and published in 1996 and 2007 the definitive two volume treatise entitled ‘The Mapping of North America’. This was the first work to list all known printed maps relating to North America up to the year 1700. Each fully described and illustrated. Clive A. Burden Ltd. is a member of the following organisations: the ABA (Antiquarian Bookdealers Association), ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), and IMCoS (International Map Collector’s Society). …
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Clive A Burden Ltd
5 Jardine House, Harrovian Business Village, Bessborough Road
Harrow, United Kingdom HA1 3EX
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