Bartholomew's order and book

These pages, from one of Bartholomew's order and cost books, tell the story of two weeks of Bartholomew's map production over the Christmas and New Year period of 1911-1912.

  • Thumbnail: Detail from pages from ledger with handwritten details
  • Thumbnail: Detail from pages from ledger with handwritten details
Pages from ledger with handwritten details

Cost order book — left-hand page

Part of a double-page spread from the cost order book for 1911-1912. This page gives details of customers, the work Bartholomew was undertaking for them, and the order and delivery dates.

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Pages from ledger with handwritten details

Cost order book — right-hand page

The second part of a double-page spread from the cost order book for1911-1912. The columns here show print runs of 750 maps jostling with those of 30,000, and costs ranging from £12 10s (shillings) (equivalent to £1,000 today) to £120 (equivalent to £10,000 today).

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