[PARIS] BRUNEL, Georges. The Postal Service in Paris from It - Lot 242

[PARIS] BRUNEL, Georges. The Postal Service in Paris from Its Inception to the Present Day: A Historical and Anecdotal Study. Amiens, Yvert & Tellier, 1920. In-8, tobacco-colored half-basane, ribbed spine, covers and spine preserved. IV and 395 pp., numerous black-and-white illustrations, including two fold-outs (maps). Small tear in the leather at the top of the spine and fine cracking along the lower edges; rare foxing. First edition of this important monograph on the history of the Paris Post Office, illustrated with 372 reproductions based on period documents. Bound together with the following: - *Transportation Through the Ages: From the Earliest Antiquity to the Present Day* (Paris: Strauss, 1935; covers and spine intact). Numerous black-and-white illustrations. A fine set.