SDUK Map of Vienna
SKU: 9393Title:
SDUK Map of Vienna
Date of publication:
1833
Printed Measurement:
34 x 38 cm
Publisher(s):
Colour:
original
Mapmaker(s):
Engraver(s):
Josiah Henshall
Wien!
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 34 x 38 cm, engraved by Josiah Henshall after William Barnard Clarke, original hand colour in outline, numbered in and old hand, blank verso; the map extends beyond the border into the upper margin; architectural elevations of principal public buildings at the foot of the map.