347+[4 content] pages with frontispiece and appendix. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in full leather with four raised spine bands with black and red spine labels in gilt. Prologue by Jose Ortega Munilla. First edition.
This is a study of the mail system set up by the government of New Spain. One of the early works on the subject.
Condition:
Leather scuffed, corners bumped, some foxing else a good copy of a scarce work.
