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SDUK Map of Naples

SKU: 9473
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Title:
SDUK Map of Naples

Date of publication:

  • 1835
  • Printed Measurement:

  • 33.5 x 40.5 cm
  • Colour:

  • original
  • Mapmaker:

  • SDUK
  • Engraver:

  • Thomas Bradley
  • This map of Naples was published by the SDUK.

    The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high-minded aim of making 'useful' information available to the self-taught. Read more

    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, 33.5 x 40.5 cm, engraved by Thomas Bradley after William Barnard Clarke, original hand colour with black and white vignettes beneath, light marginal toning, blank verso. Read less