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.
CONTENTS
* Gianfranco Lazzarini, Introduction
* Mark Brayshay, Preface
* Clemente Fedele, The postal geography of Ottavio Codogno - Posts for different parts of the world by Ottavio Codogno 1608-1623 - Annexed map: Postal Roads in Europe
* Marco Gerosa, For a biography of Ottavio Codogno lieutenant of Posts in Milan and author of postal guides
* Armando Serra, Essay-Itinerary by Codogno especially in 1608, 1616 and 1623, with hints about Before and after Codogno up to the decline of post by horse