[POST AND TELEGRAPH] VEREDARIUS, O. Das Buch von der Weltpos - Lot 98

[POST AND TELEGRAPH] VEREDARIUS, O. Das Buch von der Weltpost. Entwicklung und Wirken der Post und Telegraphie im Weltverkehr. Published in Berlin by Meidinger in 1894. In quarto / In-4 bradel format. Ochre publisher's boards. Black floral decoration and gilded title on smooth spine, large composition enhanced with gold in a frame of black fillets on first cover, cold decoration on second cover. Mottled edges. 367 pages, numerous illustrations in black in the text, some in color out of the text, mounted on a serpente. Text in German, on two columns, framed by black fillets. Covers rubbed, corners dulled and warped, paper slightly browned. An important monograph in German on the world postal service, analyzing the development and impact of the post and telegraph on world traffic, lavishly illustrated with black and color handwritten drawings, reproductions and facsimiles. A fine copy.