{"product_id":"map-australia-the-edinburgh-geographical-institute-john-bartholomew-and-sons-ltd-w-r-chambers","title":"Map, Australia, The Edinburgh Geographical Institute, John Bartholomew and Sons Ltd,  W \u0026 R Chambers,","description":"\u003cp\u003eMap, Australia, The Edinburgh and Geographical Institute, John Bartholomew \u0026amp; Son LTD, W \u0026amp; R Chambers, c1880\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDate: 1880\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeographer and Cartographer: John George Bartholomew and Son\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMap Publishers: The Edinburgh Geographical Institute founded by John G Bartholomew\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher Author: W \u0026amp; R Chambers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaper size: 310 x 250mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eprint size: 260 x 210mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrice: $200\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription: Original, Published in colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eW and R Chambers, Publishers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eChambers was founded as \u003cstrong\u003eW. \u0026amp; R. Chambers Publishers\u003c\/strong\u003e by the two brothers \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wikiwand.com\/en\/William_Chambers_of_Glenormiston\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wikiwand.com\/en\/William_Chambers_of_Glenormiston\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2mUsNW39vpSY_18qUZF_Dp\"\u003eWilliam Chambers of Glenormiston\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wikiwand.com\/en\/Robert_Chambers_(journalist)\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wikiwand.com\/en\/Robert_Chambers_(journalist)\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw38Ji74P6SbS3-bWJ8jx9cN\"\u003eRobert Chambers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. They were born into a rich, mill-owning family in \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wikiwand.com\/en\/Peebles\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wikiwand.com\/en\/Peebles\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2GSqgyKcKYvMTRNFq5ifS4\"\u003ePeebles\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e in Scotland in 1800 and 1802 respectively, during the time of the \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wikiwand.com\/en\/French_Revolutionary_Wars\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wikiwand.com\/en\/French_Revolutionary_Wars\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw3VVLu0NiviuHk8qFVkMXhc\"\u003ewar with France\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. The war impoverished the family and, in 1813, the family left Peebles for Edinburgh. Robert remained at home to finish his education, but William was forced to find work to support his parents. He was a keen reader and would get up early in the morning to read by the dawn light because he was too poor to buy candles. He was apprenticed to a bookseller, at the sum of 4 shillings a week. Robert, also an avid reader, could not go to university when he finished school because his parents could not afford to pay. He too moved to Edinburgh, rented a one-roomed shop in Leith Walk, and set himself up as a bookseller when he was just 16 years old. William's apprenticeship came to an end when he turned 18 and he joined Robert working in the shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBetween 1859 and 1868 they published their most important work to date, the renowned \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambers%27s_Encyclopaedia\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambers%2527s_Encyclopaedia\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2aa8tkDX6T8vqJ10BpXOgm\"\u003eChambers's Encyclopaedia\u003c\/a\u003e (no longer published) in 520 weekly parts at three-halfpence each.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambers_(publisher)#cite_note-Chambers-2\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambers_(publisher)%23cite_note-Chambers-2\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw3HYd0Ww78e8v8F6gU9CsAH\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[2]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e The first edition was based on a translation into English of the 10th edition of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_language\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_language\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw3swFeb-tfQpv1m_POi4i4q\"\u003eGerman-language\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cem\u003eKonversations-Lexikon\u003c\/em\u003e, which became the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brockhaus_Enzyklop%C3%A4die\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brockhaus_Enzyklop%25C3%25A4die\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0TNCcgC36WJXV_a9mFK5yR\"\u003eBrockhaus Enzyklopädie\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambers_(publisher)#cite_note-EB-3\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambers_(publisher)%23cite_note-EB-3\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw32NvnG_WD9OHhAKP2VlS8M\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[3]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e This went through several further editions, reaching a high point of quality with the 1950 edition published in 15 volumes by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Newnes_Ltd\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Newnes_Ltd\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0f2gIzZZlY324lt3d6Y3Qi\"\u003eGeorge Newnes\u003c\/a\u003e which took six years to prepare, cost £500,000 and included the work of over 2,300 authors. The work was lauded by the then \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lord_Chancellor\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lord_Chancellor\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0CZVqMHGlrzMNqZVCT92WU\"\u003eLord Chancellor\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Jowitt,_1st_Earl_Jowitt\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Jowitt,_1st_Earl_Jowitt\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2DwUJ2VPfB4BbAiddWhW_p\"\u003eLord Jowitt\u003c\/a\u003e, as \"outstanding proof\" of British scholarship, while the managing editor, M. D. Law, commented that she believed the work to be the first major encyclopaedia to be published in Britain since before the First World War.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambers_(publisher)#cite_note-4\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambers_(publisher)%23cite_note-4\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw3b985rkzdRtW2SO1MNFqbp\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[4]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e The encyclopaedia was regarded as such a scholarly achievement that Law received the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/O.B.E.\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/O.B.E.\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw1rR9t2gNqU0qpubBLqhJlq\"\u003eO.B.E.\u003c\/a\u003e for her efforts.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambers_(publisher)#cite_note-5\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambers_(publisher)%23cite_note-5\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw3RHrgNNl-Ooj82FBnJA6C8\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[5]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eChambers also published an extensive list of innovative and ultra-reliable language and reference titles, covering English-language dictionaries, thesauruses, bilingual dictionaries, and specialist titles on subjects such as biography, quotations, literary characters, science and technology and world history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn 1989, Chambers was acquired by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Groupe_de_La_Cite\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Groupe_de_La_Cite\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw31oukfb6DwQc1wXHh2T4G7\"\u003eGroupe de La Cite\u003c\/a\u003e.,\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambers_(publisher)#cite_note-6\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambers_(publisher)%23cite_note-6\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw1S-YB90mrtAipmgj4jDZXn\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[6]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e part of CEP. Chambers purchased the formerly independent \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_G._Harrap_and_Co.\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_G._Harrap_and_Co.\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw3LpCOfqfYwq3Sigo3Mfr7I\"\u003eGeorge G. Harrap and Co.\u003c\/a\u003e in 1992. Harrap mainly publishes bilingual dictionaries, for instance \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harrap%27s_Shorter_French_Dictionary\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harrap%2527s_Shorter_French_Dictionary\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw3-EEoSQey82WCoZgUoVcOy\"\u003eHarrap's Shorter French Dictionary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. The Harrap list also includes study aids, slang dictionaries, phrasebooks and business dictionaries. In the UK, Harrap publishes bilingual titles in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German and Polish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Havas\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Havas\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw1ZaUWs7ROOoUx8ax4GgzOZ\"\u003eHavas\u003c\/a\u003e acquired CEP in 1997; Havas was then acquired by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vivendi\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vivendi\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw3cWCnkHPesWtzkclcR_FIZ\"\u003eVivendi\u003c\/a\u003e in 1998. Vivendi sold its European book publishing to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lagard%C3%A8re_Group\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lagard%25C3%25A8re_Group\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw23gKYwN9ICMOZ8nuklQ9dt\"\u003eLagardère Group\u003c\/a\u003e in 2002.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambers_(publisher)#cite_note-7\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambers_(publisher)%23cite_note-7\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0fSQJyl3BIu05BBbP0Xiwv\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[7]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAt the end of 2009, the parent company shut the Edinburgh premises of Chambers Harrap Publishers. The Chambers imprint was managed from London by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hodder_Education\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hodder_Education\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw1F36JrNa71E_11zQLWRzON\"\u003eHodder Education\u003c\/a\u003e, while Harrap titles were moved to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Editions_Larousse\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Editions_Larousse\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw1M0ssO4Q4e6A-TU-c_gsGN\"\u003eLarousse\u003c\/a\u003e in Paris.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambers_(publisher)#cite_note-8\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambers_(publisher)%23cite_note-8\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2gQiqIGSiDfbClsNm9kOb3\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[8]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e Chambers was moved to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Murray_(publishing_house)\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Murray_(publishing_house)\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482197621000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0nloo2tF46KIXvGw1qMeH3\"\u003eJohn Murray\u003c\/a\u003e division of Hodder in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Wikipedia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Edinburgh And Geographical Institute\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eJohn Bartholomew and Son Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePublisher: WR Chambers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAround 1826 \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Bartholomew_Sr.\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Bartholomew_Sr.\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482480473000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw1jfSBPpPKZ3eC6Fmj4mzGZ\"\u003eJohn Bartholomew Sr.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e opened a firm dedicated to the production of maps called 'John Bartholomew and Sons'. In 1888, \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_George_Bartholomew\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_George_Bartholomew\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482480473000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0s7g0EfaSyxDdWT9LAyAgh\"\u003eJohn George Bartholomew\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, having taken over the company and hoping to create 'a site for the promotion of national geographic knowledge', renamed the publishers to the 'Edinburgh Geographical Institute'.\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edinburgh_Geographical_Institute#cite_note-auto-1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edinburgh_Geographical_Institute%23cite_note-auto-1\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482480473000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0GkMmaMkFr-I_zYWjSHDbn\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e[1]\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWith the demolition of John's family home, \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Falcon_Hall\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Falcon_Hall\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482480474000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw3XkBA59nFmpOzhiYSSf93v\"\u003eFalcon Hall\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, the \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palladian_architecture\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palladian_architecture\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482480474000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0xcpQ4YO75AVx-e--AL18w\"\u003ePalladian façade\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e was removed to a new site on Duncan Street in the \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newington,_Edinburgh\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newington,_Edinburgh\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482480474000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2G3CGJi_n-eHBu3f_dc9RE\"\u003eNewington\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e district of Edinburgh, to serve as the façade of the new Edinburgh Geographical Institute. The name was inscribed into the stone and remains there to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eUntil 1962 the firm was the Geographer and Cartographer to the King for Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Institute continued to produce high quality maps from their new premises until 1989 when they merged with the Glasgow publisher Collins, as part of the multinational HarperCollins Publishers, where the name lives on as \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Collins_Bartholomew\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Collins_Bartholomew\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1647482480474000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw3S46rSzhtSsBVwADnFx53v\"\u003eCollins Bartholomew\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, a map publishing subsidiary of HarperCollins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn 1995, the office in Duncan Street was closed; however, the building remains there to this day and still bears the Edinburgh Geographical Institute name. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Antiquarian Print Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39766672998486,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1617\/1641\/products\/Australia_Chambers_LondonandEdinburgh_200_270x330mm_p270x325mm.jpg?v=1648689056","url":"https:\/\/antiquarianprintshop.com\/products\/map-australia-the-edinburgh-geographical-institute-john-bartholomew-and-sons-ltd-w-r-chambers","provider":"Antiquarian Print Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}