288 pp. - b/w ill. - one map included - softbound - printed 2014
Italian and English text

POSTAL EUROPE
THE WORK BY OTTAVIO CODOGNO
LIEUTENANT OF THE TASSO FAMILY IN THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MILAN

After four-hundred years, the celebrated travel and postal guide by Ottavio Cologno is back in a new and masterfully annotated edition.
A first class opportunity to re-discover the communications modalities of early modern Europe. This guide enhances our appreciation of the history of a technique that is often misinterpreted. In simple words, Codogno's book tells us in great detail about a veritable Italian success story, beginning with the original name brand "poste", created in Northern Italy and exported all over the globe.