GENEVA CITY PLAN

£110

Classic plan of Geneva from Society for the difusion of Useful Knowledge.Vignette of Geneva.Some original colour.V.good condition

code : M2165

Cartographer : S.D.U.K

Date : 1830 London

Size : 30*38cms

availability : Available

Price : £110

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The Society For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge was founded by John, Earl Russell, and Henry Brougham, later Lord Chancellor of England in 1827. The Society’s main purpose was to encourage universal literacy by publishing numbers of books of good quality that would be affordable to the poor. Perhaps the grandest of their publications was their atlas, originally entitled “Maps Of The Society For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge”, first issued by Baldwin and Cradock, and then re-issued by other publishers, latterly Edward Stanford.