SDUK Map of Geneva
SKU: 9485Title:
SDUK Map of Geneva
Date of publication:
c.1840
Printed Measurement:
32 x 40 cm
Publisher(s):
Colour:
original
Mapmaker(s):
Engraver(s):
Benjamin Rees Davies
Geneva (Genève)
The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high-minded aim of making 'useful' information available to self-taught members of the working and lower middle classes. Some of the material was decidedly abstruse, subscribers fell away and the Society was wound up in 1848; however, the series of 209 maps published over a 14 year period from 1829 onwards were highly praised for their superior quality, accuracy and aesthetic appeal and remain an outstanding achievement.
Condition & Materials
Steel engraving, approx 32 x 40 cm, engraved by Benjamin Rees Davies, original hand colour, map of environs on a scroll top right, vignette view of Geneva at the foot, a couple of trivial spots and stains, numbered in and old hand, blank verso.