SDUK Map of Parma Author(s)_Edward Verrall Lucas and is possibly the first

and is possibly the first issue showing the whole operating area of the recently formed London Passenger Transport Board

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

ruined by their greed

It shows the Kensington Hippodrome in Notting Hill

SDUK Map of Parma Author(s)_Edward Verrall Lucas and is possibly the firstThis 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,