Het boek van PTT. [2], 50 pp. Colourfully illustrated throughout with many typhographical flourishes. 8vo., 250 x 180 mm, bound in publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Leiden: Nederlandsche Rotogravure, Mij, 1938.
First Edition. One of the most playful examples of avant-garde book design by a preeminent practitioner of the craft, Piet Zwart. Here, he deploys extensive use of colour, mixed typography and photomontage to breathe life into the otherwise boring subject, the Dutch postal system.
Ex-Library and contemporary owner inscription of P. Van Dorn Jr. Some wear to the spine, small light stain to the upper left of the cover, overall a very good copy of a fragile book more often found in a poor state.
