POSTAL BOOK containing, 1° The designation of the post offices of the kingdom, and the fixing of the distances in myriameters and kilometers; 2° The indication of the post offices placed on the foreign roads, starting from the borders of France; 3° The table of the service of the liners of the Mediterranean. For the year 1840. Second edition. Paris : imprimerie royale, April 1840. - In-8, green half-basane, smooth spine, in a dark green morocco slipcase with flaps, with compartments inside for maps and a pencil. A good copy of this post-book in its original case. There are several covered leaves at the end of the book with notes of travel accounts from the period, including a trip from Paris to Châteauroux with 4 horses and 2 postilions, from Fontenoy to Paris, etc. One page includes the list and prices of trips made in November 1843. A large part of the other pages intended for notes have been cut out. Gilt letter G on the flap of the case. Defects of use to the slipcase. Mottling with slight loss at the bottom corner of the last leaves and the second cover. Without map.