25
Nov
9:27am

oldbookillustrations:

L. Reiber, from an artwork by François Boucher, set in a rococo frame. This document was intended to illustrate the history of mail and post office service.

From Papeterie & papetiers de l’ancien temps (Stationery and stationers of the past), by John Grand-Carteret, Paris, 1913.

(Source: archive.org)

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