Quadreria
5771 La Bella Posta
Viaggio attraverso le collezioni del Museo delle Poste di Roma
Edited by Enzo Diena, Gianni Guadalupi. Texts by Enzo Diena, Gianni Guadalupi
1988 / 232 PAGES
This book is dedicated to the huffing and puffing mailmen of all times and places, from the Marathon messenger whose efforts caused him to collapse to the Pony Express chased by Sioux arrows.
With its many illustrations, this volume tells and shows the splendours of the Message, outlining its history from the Ancient Egyptians to the telecommunications era. A separate chapter is about stamps, while an anthology of literary writings on the joys and sorrows of epistles, the telegraph and the telephone completes the volume.