SDUK Map of Parma Author(s)_Edward Verrall Lucas Moluques et Philippines

Moluques et Philippines

It shows the Kensington Hippodrome in Notting Hill

ruined by their greed

They are housed within the original publisher’s book-form slipcase

so the guide may have been printed in late 1910 before dates were fixed)

SDUK Map of Parma Author(s)_Edward Verrall Lucas Moluques et PhilippinesThis map includes a panoramic view of Parma at its foot, blank. 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,