Title: "India X"

Size: 

Sheet 34 cm x 41 cm

Engraving 26 cm x 36 cm

Condition: Very Good

The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) was founded in London in 1826, mainly at the instigation of Whig MP Henry Broughman, with the object of publishing information to people who were unable to obtain a formal education or who preferred self-education. It was a largely Whig organisation, and published inexpensive texts intended to adapt scientific and similarly high-minded material for the rapidly-expanding reading public over twenty years until it was disbanded in 1846. S.D.U.K. (SDUK) was one of the most ambitious educational projects of the nineteenth century.