SDUK Map of Turin Date of Publication_1751 Miniature Antique Maps p

Miniature Antique Maps p

Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724)

a fraction smaller than the usual double royal size

Lampreys from the River Severn

Item Ioannis Grammatici cognomento Tzetzis

SDUK Map of Turin Date of Publication_1751 Miniature Antique Maps pThis map of Turin 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. 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