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Hall's "Days in Derbyshire", 1863*
Eighteenth and nineteenth century tour guides about Matlock Bath and Matlock
 
Full page advertisement for the Bemrose
Circulating Library, Matlock Bath. p.13

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The transcript below was done in 2004, but it has been decided to retain it in case anything on the image above is hard to read.

MATLOCK-BATH CIRCULATING LIBRARY.
W. BEMROSE AND SONS,
Museum Parade, Matlock-Bath,
(AND DERBY,)
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, PRINTERS,
BOOKBINDERS,
LITHOGRAPHERS, ENGRAVERS, &c.
DOOR and WINDOW PLATES neatly executed.
PHOTOGRAPHS, STEREO GRAPHS, and ENGRAVINGS
OF
Matlock-Bath, Chatsworth, Haddon Hall, Lea Hurst, Dove Dale,
Hardwick Hall, Wingfield Manor, and all other
places of interest in the PEAK of Derbyshire.
DRAWING MATERIALS, WATER COLOURS, SKETCH BOOKS
AND BLOOKS, PENCILS, &c.
GUIDE BOOKS AND MAPS:
THE ORDNANCE SURVEY, COUNTY MAPS, &c.
Bibles, Church Services, and Books suitable for presents.
BOTANICAL DRYING PAPER.
BOOKS FOR MOUNTING DRYED PLANTS.
London, Manchester, and Leeds Newspapers, Daily.
A SELECT ASSORTMENT OF ALBUMS AND ALBUM PORTRAITS.
BOOK PARCEL FROM LONDON THREE TIMES A WEEK.
___________________________
MATLOCK-BATH ADVERTISER
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING,
CONTAINING THE LIST OF VISITORS.


William Adam tells us in 1857 that "Messrs. Bemrose and Sons, of Derby, Booksellers & Stationers, have established a good Circulating Library on the Museum Parade, and possess a capital and useful stock of Stationery, &c. The "Times", and other Papers and Periodicals are regularly taken in".[1]

Bemrose is mentioned in Matlock & Matlock Bath Trade Directories:
Whites 1852 | Kelly's 1855 | Whites 1857 | Whites 1862 | Kelly's 1864 |
*Transcribed by Ann Andrews in November 2004 from:
Hall, Spencer Timothy (1863) "Days in Derbyshire ..." With sixty illustrations by J. Gresley (artist), Dalziel Brothers (illustrators). Simpkin, Marshall and Co, Stationers' Hall Court, London, and printed by Richard Keene, All Saints, Derby.
With my grateful thanks to Ray Ash who provided photocopies for me to OCR.
Image re-scanned Dec 2025 © Ann Andrews collection.
Intended for personal use only.

Additional note:

[1] Adam, W. (1857, 6th edition) "The Gem of the Peak; or Matlock Bath and Its Vicinity" ... John and Charles Mozley, Derby and 6, Paternoster Row, London; Bemrose ....