G Philip & Son

Publisher: G Philip & Son

Folding maps and flat maps

The table below lists maps of Essex in approximately chronological order, taken from the Philip's Atlases and individual County Maps. Philip's started in 1834 and continued until 1987, when it was acquired by Reed Publishing, and is now a brand (George Philip Ltd) within the Octopus Publishing Group (owned by Hachette Livre).

The dimensions against each cover and each map are Height x Width; for the maps, the measurements are of the outermost neat line of the map (not the size of the sheet of paper). Click on the thumbnails to get a larger picture and more information.

There were two sizes of county map; the colours on the dimensions below group maps of essentially the same size together.

The following is an approximate sequence of the county maps, based on David Smith's Victorian Maps of the British isles (1985) which covers up to 1900, George Philip's The Story of the Last Hundred Years (1934), RA Carroll's The Printed Maps of Lincolnshire 1576-1900 (1996), plus the Atlases and maps at CUL and my own collection of maps of Essex.

Date	Title(s)	Approximate Dimensions	Notes
1834	Philips' English County Atlas	??? x ???mm	Republished to 1856 according to G Philip's own book, but no-one seems to have a copy.
1856	Philips' Popular series of County Maps	335 x 415mm	Still going in 1881. RAC
1857	Philips' County Atlas of England & Wales	335 x 415mm	Republished to 1873. DS
1865	Philips' Atlas of the Counties of England	335 x 415mm	Still going in 1899.
1872	Philips' Educational Series of County Maps	152 x 200mm	For use in schools.
1873	Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of England and Wales	152 x 200mm	Still going in 1903.
1881	Supplement to the Pictorial World	336 x 417mm	All other imprints removed.
1881	Philips' New Series of County Maps	336 x 417mm	Still going in 1885
1884	Philips' Cyclists Map of the County of [...]	335 x 415mm	Still going in 1900.
1900	Philips' Atlas of the British Isles	335 x 415mm	Still going in 1904.
1903	Philips County Cycling Maps of England & Wales	458 x 571mm	Larger map & larger scale than earlier folding maps
1908	Philips' Handy Administrative Atlas of the British Isles	152 x 200mm	Was still going in 1930.
1909	Philips' Handy Atlas & Gazetteer of the British Isles	152 x 200mm	Was still going in 1921.
1910	Philips' Model County Maps	152 x 200mm	Lots of text for schools, in Junior and Senior versions.

Folding county maps primarily for Cyclists

Philips New Series of County Maps Cyclists Map of the County Philips' New Series of County Maps
Essex (1881) of Essex (1884) Essex (1885)
Philips 1881 Philips 1884 Philips 1885
154 x 102mm for 336 x 417mm 157 x 99mm for 334 x 416mm 153 x 102mm for 335 x 415mm

Cyclists Map of the County Cyclists Map of the County
of Essex (1888) of Essex (1893)
Philips 1888 Philips 1893
156 x 96mm for 336 x 418mm 156 x 96mm for 336 x 418mm

Cyclists Map of the County Philip's County Cycling Maps
of Essex (1900) of England & Wales (1903)
Philips 1900 Philips 1903
156 x 96mm for 336 x 418mm 195 x 104mm for 458 x 571mm

Folding regional maps

Philips 10 Sheet Road Map
4 (East Anglia 1930)
Philips Map 4 cover
196 x 98mm for 881 x 735mm

County maps in Philip's Atlases

Thumbnail maps	Mapmakers, their Atlases and Maps
	Philips atlases with the larger scale maps
	G Philip Atlas of the English Counties 1867 336mm x 420mm Large but poor quality and erratic map.
	G Philip Philips' Atlas of the Counties of England 1885 337mm x 416mm Larger than the Handy Philips', with new Divisions.
	G Philip Philips' Atlas of the Counties of England 1895 317mm x 416mm The large Philips is also still running, if little changed from 1885.
	G Philip Philips' Atlas of the Counties of England 1900 338mm x 417mm Near the end of this atlas, after 50 years.
	Philips atlases with the smaller scale maps
	G Philip Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of England 1873 152mm x 200mm Uncluttered map as initially for eductaitonal use.
	G Philip Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of England 1882 152mm x 200mm Updated for railways.
	G Philip Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of England 1885 152mm x 201mm The small Philips gets the new Divisions.
	G Philip Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of England 1886 152mm x 201mm The small Philips gets a tiny railway extension.
	G Philip Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of England 1890 152mm x 201mm The small Philips keeps going.
	G Philip Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of England 1892 152mm x 200mm The small Philips two years later.
	G Philip Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of England 1895 161mm x 200mm The small Philips another outing.

Other information on G Philip & Son

Addresses:
1835-79* South Castle Street, Liverpool
1856-79* 32 Fleet Street, London

Their London address continued as 32 Fleet Street, London
Their Liverpool address continued as:
49 & 51 South Castle Street, Liverpool, and as
Caxton Buildings, South John Street, Liverpool

The firm continued to describe itself as being "London and Liverpool" into the 20th century.
When it opened new offices and factory in London in 1901, it henceforward used the imprint "The London Geographical Institute".

*Taken from British Map Engravers, Worms & Baynton-Williams.

International Map Collectors' Society Journals
There have been two articles on Philips Road Maps in the IMCoS Journals: Issue 84 (Spring 2001), pp 17-25; and Issue 85 (Summer 2001), pp 19-30. These can be read on the Journal page of the www.imcos.org website if you are a member of IMCoS; non-members can only read the contents pages of the Journals - a good reason to join!