Bartholomew's Reduced Ordnance Survey: Sheet 6, Jura & Islay, Coloured For Tourists & Cyclists
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Very fragile and brittle; mounted on cloth.
A masterwork of late Victorian and Edwardian cartography, Bartholomew's Reduced Ordnance Survey: Sheet 6, Jura & Islay, Coloured For Tourists & Cyclists presents a meticulously detailed topographical map of two of Scotland's most dramatic and storied Inner Hebridean islands. Published by the renowned Edinburgh firm of John Bartholomew & Co., the sheet employs the company's signature layer-coloring technique — a pioneering method that uses graduated hues to illustrate elevation and terrain with remarkable clarity. Roads, tracks, settlements, and coastal features are rendered with precision, making it an indispensable navigational aid for the cyclists and tourists who were venturing into Scotland's wild landscapes in growing numbers during the era. The map stands as both a practical artifact of travel history and a testament to the golden age of British cartographic excellence, capturing Islay's fertile lowlands and Jura's rugged, deer-stalked peaks in a single, authoritative sheet.
Author: John Bartholomew & Co.
Format: Hardback
Genre: Atlases
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Very fragile and brittle; mounted on cloth.
A masterwork of late Victorian and Edwardian cartography, Bartholomew's Reduced Ordnance Survey: Sheet 6, Jura & Islay, Coloured For Tourists & Cyclists presents a meticulously detailed topographical map of two of Scotland's most dramatic and storied Inner Hebridean islands. Published by the renowned Edinburgh firm of John Bartholomew & Co., the sheet employs the company's signature layer-coloring technique — a pioneering method that uses graduated hues to illustrate elevation and terrain with remarkable clarity. Roads, tracks, settlements, and coastal features are rendered with precision, making it an indispensable navigational aid for the cyclists and tourists who were venturing into Scotland's wild landscapes in growing numbers during the era. The map stands as both a practical artifact of travel history and a testament to the golden age of British cartographic excellence, capturing Islay's fertile lowlands and Jura's rugged, deer-stalked peaks in a single, authoritative sheet.